Edward Anthony Bradford (September 17, 1813 – November 22, 1872) was a lawyer and unsuccessful nominee to the United States Supreme Court.

Biography

Born in

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, Bradford graduated from

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(1833) and

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(1837) before establishing a law practice in

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. Bradford was nominated by President

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as an

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on August 16, 1852, to succeed

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. The Senate declined to act on the nomination before the session ended and Bradford was not re-nominated. Bradford became ill with an unspecified disease in 1869 and left his law practice to seek treatment in Europe. After stays in England and Germany, he died in

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, France, on November 22, 1872. He was buried at Plainfield Cemetery in Plainfield, Connecticut.

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