John E. Brodsky

John E. Brodsky (May 30, 1855 – December 26, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life
Brodsky was born on May 30, 1855, in New York City. His father John Brodsky was a stave maker who had immigrated from Beroun, now in the Czech Republic, and had married a German.

Brodsky attended Columbia Law School and graduated in 1876. He was admitted to the bar upon graduating. He worked first as a law clerk, then as a lawyer as a member of the law firm Johnson, Tilton, and Brodsky. He later moved to Harlem and practiced law with his brother F. W. Brodsky. They had a law office in the Emigrant Savings Bank.

In 1879, Brodsky was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing the New York County 8th District. He served in the Assembly in 1880, 1881, 1882, and 1891. While in the Assembly he introduced and pushed for a bill for the consolidation of Manhattan and Brooklyn. In the 1882 United States House of Representatives election he was the Republican candidate for New York's 7th congressional district; he lost to William Dorsheimer. He was expelled from the Republican Party in 1896, and became a Democrat.

Brodsky was married to Bertha Hartwig. They had two daughters.

Brodsky died of dropsy in the German Hospital on December 26, 1910.