James E. Broome

{{Short description|American politician (1808–1883)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = James Emilius Broome | image = Florida Governor James E. Broome.jpg | order = 3rd | office = Governor of Florida | term_start = October 3, 1853 | term_end = October 5, 1857 | lieutenant = | predecessor = Thomas Brown | successor = Madison S. Perry | birth_date = December 15, 1808 | birth_place = Hamburg, Aiken County, South Carolina, US | death_date = {{death date and age|1883|11|23|1808|12|15}} | death_place = DeLand, Florida, US | party = Democratic | spouse = Amelia Ann Dozier<br> Martha (Hawkins) Macon<br>Henrietta Ann Scott<br>Adelia Kinnier | profession = }}

'''James Emilius Broome''' (December 15, 1808 – November 23, 1883) was an American politician who served as the third governor of Florida from 1853 to 1857.<ref>{{Cite web |title=James Emilius Broome |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/james-emilius-broome/ |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=National Governors Association |date=January 6, 2015 }}</ref>

== Early life and career ==

Broome was born in Hamburg, South Carolina and moved to Florida in 1837. He engaged in the mercantile business until he retired in 1841. In that same year, Governor Richard Keith Call appointed him to the position of Probate Judge of Leon County. He served in that position until 1848.

== Political life ==

He was elected governor in 1852. A Democrat, he took office on October 3, 1853.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2qwTAAAAYAAJ |title=THE AMERICAN ALMANAC AND REPOSITORY OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, FOR THE YEAR 1853 |date=1853 |pages=280 |language=en}}</ref> He was an early States'-Righter. During his term, the Whig Party, the opposition to the Democrats at the time, controlled the Florida State Legislature. He vetoed so many of the bills that were passed by the legislature that he became known as the "Veto Governor". His gubernatorial stint ended on October 5, 1857. Broome served as a member of the Florida Senate in 1861. A large planter, he was very sympathetic to the Confederate cause.

== Marriages ==

James E. Broome was married five times. In 1865, he moved to New York City. On a visit with his son in DeLand, Florida, Broome died in 1883.

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==External links== *[http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/museum/collections/governors/about.cfm?id=10 Official Governor's portrait and biography from the State of Florida]

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