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Encyclopedia > Broderick, California

Broderick is a city in California. Nearby cities include Sacramento, and West Sacramento. State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... Sacramento – a Spanish- and Portuguese-language word meaning sacrament – is a common toponym in parts of the world where those tongues were or are spoken. ... West Sacramento is a city located in Yolo County, California. ...


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U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Historical Minutes > 1851-1877 > Senator Killed in Duel (449 words)
Broderick was born in Washington, D.C., in 1820, the son of a stonemason who worked on the Capitol.
California's 1859 state election contest deepened the antagonism between Gwin's proslavery and Broderick's antislavery factions.
Broderick angrily responded that Terry was a dishonest judge and a "miserable wretch." For these words, Terry challenged Broderick to a duel.
Broderick-Terry Duel - 1859 (804 words)
The duel was fought, and Broderick mortally wounded.
With the manner of his wounding we have nothing to do; the daily press, in their partisan opinions, have given many different statements in regard to it, and to them we refer for the particulars of the duel; our task is merely to speak of a fallen hero, a good man gone to his death.
Broderick has battled for principles which he considered right and of late he has exercised all his strength of mind and body for the advancement of those principles.
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