Abraham L. Brick

Abraham Lincoln Brick ( * May 27, 1860 in South Bend, Indiana, † April 7, 1908 in Indianapolis, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1899 and 1908 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Brick Abraham was born on his father's farm near South Bend. He attended the public schools of his home, including the South Bend High School. Later he also studied at Cornell College and Yale College. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and his 1883 was admitted as a lawyer in South Bend, he began to work in this profession. At times, he also served as a prosecutor in St. Joseph County and the La Porte County.

Politically, Brick member of the Republican Party. In 1896 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in St. Louis, was nominated on the William McKinley as a presidential candidate. In the congressional elections of 1898 he was in the 13th electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Lemuel W. Royse on March 4, 1899. After four elections he could remain until his death on April 7, 1908 in Congress. He was buried in his home town of South Bend.