New York City merchant and politician, who served as Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1804-1810. Broome Street in NYC, Broome County in New York's Southern Tier, and the Town of Broome (Schoharie County, New York) are all named for John L. Broome.
Broome studied law under William Livingston, the first Patriot governor of New Jersey. He later formed an import-export business with other family members. On October 19, 1769, John married Rebecca Lloyd (1746-1800) at the First Congregational Church in Stamford, CT. His second wife was Ruth Hunter (1755-1840), who he married in 1806.
He was active in the New York Committees of Fifty-one, Sixty, and One Hundred, which ran the Patriot government in 1774 and 1775. During the American Revolution, Broome loaned money to the Patriot cause. He was chairman of the General Committee of the City and County of New York in 1775, which operated the Patriot government while the provincial congress was not in session. In 1775, he was appointed lieutenant colonel in John Jay's Second New York City Regiment. Broome was subsequently elected to the Third and Fourth Provincial Congresses of New York.
John Broome was one of 13 selected in August 1776 to help draft New York's first state constitution, which was adopted on August 20, 1777. With that resolved, Broome remained in Connecticut for the balance of the war, spending much of his time arranging for privateers and serving on many committees. For service rendered during the war, the State of New York State in 1787 gave him almost 2,000 acres in Montgomery [later Broome] County, New York.
After the war, Broome maintained a variety of business interests. He later entered politics, first as a New York City alderman, and then he was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York three times, serving from July 1804 until his death in office in August 1810. He served under two Governors of New York -- first under Morgan Lewis and then Daniel D. Tompkins.
Broome died in office in August 1810. His remains were initially interred in the churchyard of the First Presbyterian Church in New York on Wall Street. They were subsequently moved in the 1840s when the church relocated to Fifth Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.
Broome studied law under William Livingston, the first Patriot governor of New Jersey. He later formed an import-export business with other family members. On October 19, 1769, John married Rebecca Lloyd (1746-1800) at the First Congregational Church in Stamford, CT. His second wife was Ruth Hunter (1755-1840), who he married in 1806.
He was active in the New York Committees of Fifty-one, Sixty, and One Hundred, which ran the Patriot government in 1774 and 1775. During the American Revolution, Broome loaned money to the Patriot cause. He was chairman of the General Committee of the City and County of New York in 1775, which operated the Patriot government while the provincial congress was not in session. In 1775, he was appointed lieutenant colonel in John Jay's Second New York City Regiment. Broome was subsequently elected to the Third and Fourth Provincial Congresses of New York.
John Broome was one of 13 selected in August 1776 to help draft New York's first state constitution, which was adopted on August 20, 1777. With that resolved, Broome remained in Connecticut for the balance of the war, spending much of his time arranging for privateers and serving on many committees. For service rendered during the war, the State of New York State in 1787 gave him almost 2,000 acres in Montgomery [later Broome] County, New York.
After the war, Broome maintained a variety of business interests. He later entered politics, first as a New York City alderman, and then he was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York three times, serving from July 1804 until his death in office in August 1810. He served under two Governors of New York -- first under Morgan Lewis and then Daniel D. Tompkins.
Broome died in office in August 1810. His remains were initially interred in the churchyard of the First Presbyterian Church in New York on Wall Street. They were subsequently moved in the 1840s when the church relocated to Fifth Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.
New York City merchant and politician, who served as Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1804-1810. Broome Street in NYC, Broome County in New York's Southern Tier, and the Town of Broome (Schoharie County, New York) are all named for John L. Broome.
Broome studied law under William Livingston, the first Patriot governor of New Jersey. He later formed an import-export business with other family members. On October 19, 1769, John married Rebecca Lloyd (1746-1800) at the First Congregational Church in Stamford, CT. His second wife was Ruth Hunter (1755-1840), who he married in 1806.
He was active in the New York Committees of Fifty-one, Sixty, and One Hundred, which ran the Patriot government in 1774 and 1775. During the American Revolution, Broome loaned money to the Patriot cause. He was chairman of the General Committee of the City and County of New York in 1775, which operated the Patriot government while the provincial congress was not in session. In 1775, he was appointed lieutenant colonel in John Jay's Second New York City Regiment. Broome was subsequently elected to the Third and Fourth Provincial Congresses of New York.
John Broome was one of 13 selected in August 1776 to help draft New York's first state constitution, which was adopted on August 20, 1777. With that resolved, Broome remained in Connecticut for the balance of the war, spending much of his time arranging for privateers and serving on many committees. For service rendered during the war, the State of New York State in 1787 gave him almost 2,000 acres in Montgomery [later Broome] County, New York.
After the war, Broome maintained a variety of business interests. He later entered politics, first as a New York City alderman, and then he was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York three times, serving from July 1804 until his death in office in August 1810. He served under two Governors of New York -- first under Morgan Lewis and then Daniel D. Tompkins.
Broome died in office in August 1810. His remains were initially interred in the churchyard of the First Presbyterian Church in New York on Wall Street. They were subsequently moved in the 1840s when the church relocated to Fifth Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.
Broome studied law under William Livingston, the first Patriot governor of New Jersey. He later formed an import-export business with other family members. On October 19, 1769, John married Rebecca Lloyd (1746-1800) at the First Congregational Church in Stamford, CT. His second wife was Ruth Hunter (1755-1840), who he married in 1806.
He was active in the New York Committees of Fifty-one, Sixty, and One Hundred, which ran the Patriot government in 1774 and 1775. During the American Revolution, Broome loaned money to the Patriot cause. He was chairman of the General Committee of the City and County of New York in 1775, which operated the Patriot government while the provincial congress was not in session. In 1775, he was appointed lieutenant colonel in John Jay's Second New York City Regiment. Broome was subsequently elected to the Third and Fourth Provincial Congresses of New York.
John Broome was one of 13 selected in August 1776 to help draft New York's first state constitution, which was adopted on August 20, 1777. With that resolved, Broome remained in Connecticut for the balance of the war, spending much of his time arranging for privateers and serving on many committees. For service rendered during the war, the State of New York State in 1787 gave him almost 2,000 acres in Montgomery [later Broome] County, New York.
After the war, Broome maintained a variety of business interests. He later entered politics, first as a New York City alderman, and then he was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York three times, serving from July 1804 until his death in office in August 1810. He served under two Governors of New York -- first under Morgan Lewis and then Daniel D. Tompkins.
Broome died in office in August 1810. His remains were initially interred in the churchyard of the First Presbyterian Church in New York on Wall Street. They were subsequently moved in the 1840s when the church relocated to Fifth Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.
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