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Bradley, Alexander
manufacturer, was born Oct. 31, 1812, in Baltimore, Md. In 1845, with his brother Charles, he formed the firm of A. Bradley and Co., and entered upon the manufacture of stoves; and toward the end of his active management produced 21,000 stoves a year. He finally retired from that industry, leaving the business to his thirtieth congress. He died Aug. 5, 1847. in New York city.
Bradley, James
jurist. He was a resident of Indiana; and was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Nebraska.
Bradley, James
soldier, clergyman, legislator, author, was born Sept. 15, 1835, in Missouri. He served through the war as a private in Cockrell's brigade. He is a clergyman and the author of a work entitled Confederate Mail Carriers, or History of the War in Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. He has also served with distinction as a member of the Missouri state legislature.
Bradley, John E
educator, lecturer, college president, was born Aug. 8, 1839, in Lee, Mass. He graduated from Williams college in 1865, and at once entered the profession of teaching in the high schools of Pittsfield, Mass., Albany, N. Y., and Minneapolis, Minn. In 1892 he became president of the Illinois college of Jacksonville, Ill.; and has become widely known as a speaker and writer on educational topics.
Bradley, Joseph P
educator, lawyer, jurist, was born March 14, 1813, in Berne, N. Y. He became associate justice of the supreme court of the United States in 1870; and was a presidential elector in 1868. He died Jan. 22, 1892, in Washington, D. C.
Bradley, Denis
R. C. bishop, was born in 1846, in Ireland. He was ordained in 1871, and stationed at the cathedral in Portland, Maine, where he remained nine years, filling the offices of chancellor of the diocese and rector of the cathedral. He was then appointed pastor of St. Joseph's church, Manchester, N. H., and in 1884 was consecrated bishop of Manchester.
Bradley, Lewis R
legislator, governor, was born Feb. 18, 1805, in Osage county, Va. In 1860 he was elected to the California state legislature. In 1866 he removed to Nevada; and in 1870 was elected governor of that state, and reelected in 1874.
Bradley, Samuel
lawyer, was born in Fryeburg, Maine. In 1820 ne graduated from Bowdoin college, and attained success as one of the foremost lawyers of New England. During 1824- 45 he practiced his profession at Hollis, and died in 1849 in Saco, Maine.
Bradley, Stephen Roe
soldier, lawyer, United States senator, congressman, was born Feb. 20, 1754, in Wallingford, Conn. He was the first senator from Vermont in the congress of the United States, serving from 1791 to 1795, and from 1801 to 1813. He died Dec. 9, 1830, in Walpole, N. H.
Bradstreet, Simon
colonial governor, was born in 1603 in England. He emigrated to Massachusetts in 1630, and in 1673 was chosen deputy governor, and held this position until 1679, when he was appointed governor. He resigned this office in 1686, but was chosen governor again three years later, and served in that capacity until 1692. He died March 27, 1697, in Salem, Mass.
Bradwell, Myra
lawyer, editor, was born Feb. 12, 1831, in Manchester, Vt. In 1852 she studied law under the instruction of her husband, Judge James B. Bradwell, whose father was one of the leading pioneers of Illinois. She was the first woman in America to ask for admission to the bar. About 1870 she founded the Legal News, the first weekly legal paper published in the western states. She died in 1895, in Chicago, Ill.