Edward Bradley (April 1808 – August 5, 1847) was a

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from the state of Michigan. Bradley was born in East Bloomfield, New York, and attended the common schools and the local academy in Canandaigua. He was associate judge of the common pleas court of Ontario County in 1836. He moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1839 where he studied law and was admitted to the

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in 1841. He commenced practice in Marshall and became prosecuting attorney of

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in 1842. He was a member of the Michigan State Senate in 1842 and 1843 and developed a reputation as a gifted orator and

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. He was elected as a

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to the United States House of Representatives for the Thirtieth Congress, serving from March 4, 1847, until his death in New York City while ''en route'' to Washington, D.C., before the assembling of Congress. He was interred in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

References

''Early history of Michigan, with biographies of state officers, members of Congress, judges and legislators''
Bingham, S. D. (Stephen D.) Lansing, Thorp & Godfrey, state printers, 1888. p. 116-117
''Calhoun County business directory for 1869-70
'' Battle Creek, Mich:E. G. Rust, 1869. p. 41-42

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bradley, Edward 1808 births 1847 deaths Democratic Party Michigan state senators Politicians from Detroit Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan Politicians from New York City Burials at the Congressional Cemetery People from East Bloomfield, New York 19th-century American politicians

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