What is John Broome?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = | name = John Broome | image = John Broome (New York Lieutenant Governor).jpg | caption = John Broome as depicted in 1895's ''Makers of New York''. | office = [[Lieutenant Governor of New York]] | term_start = July 1804 | term_end = August 8, 1810 | governor = [[Morgan Lewis (governor)|Morgan Lewis]] <small>(1804–1807)</small><br>[[Daniel D. Tompkins]] <small>(1807–1810)</small> | predecessor = [[Jeremiah Van Rensselaer]] | successor = [[John Tayler]] | office1 = Member of the [[New York Provincial Congress]] | term_start1 = 1775 | term_end1 = 1777 | birth_date = July 19, 1738 | birth_place = [[Staten Island]], [[Province of New York]], [[British America]] | death_date = August 8, 1810 | death_place = [[Manhattan]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | party = [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] | parents = Samuel Broome<br>Marie LaTourette | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Rebecca Lloyd<br>|1769|1800|reason=her death}} * {{marriage|Ruth Hunter<br>|1806|1810}} }} | children = | relations = [[John L. Broome]] (grandson) | allegiance = [[Thirteen Colonies]] | branch = [[New York State Militia]] | rank = [[Lieutenant Colonel (United States)|Lieutenant colonel]] | battles = [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] | signature = Signature of John Broome (1738–1810).png }} John Broome (July 19, 1738 – August 8, 1810) was an American [[merchant]] and [[politician]] who was [[Lieutenant Governor of New York]], from 1804 to 1810. ==Early life== Broome was born on [[Staten Island]] in the [[Province of New York]] on July 19, 1738. He was the youngest of four children born to Samuel Broome (1685/93–1771), a staunch [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]], and Marie ([[née]] LaTourette) Broome (169