James Bradford Foley (October 18, 1807 – December 5, 1886) was an American politician who served one term as a

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from

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from 1857 to 1859.

Biography

Born near

Dover, Kentucky Dover is a home rule-class city in Mason County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 316 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Maysville Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Dover is located at (38.757993, -83.882536). According ...

, Foley received a limited schooling. He was employed on a flatboat on the Mississippi River in 1823. He moved to

Greensburg, Indiana Greensburg is a city in and the county seat of Decatur County, Indiana. The population was 11,492 at the time of the 2010 census. History Greensburg was laid out in 1822. The founder, Thomas Hendricks Sr.'s wife being a native of Greensburg, Pen ...

, in 1834. He engaged in mercantile pursuits 1834-1837, and afterwards in farming. Treasurer of Decatur County 1841-1843. He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1850. He was appointed commander of the Fourth Brigade of State militia in 1852.

Congress

Foley was elected as a

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to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859).

Later career and death

He resumed agricultural pursuits in Decatur County. He died in

, December 5, 1886. He was interred in South Park Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Foley, James Bradford 1807 births 1886 deaths People from Mason County, Kentucky Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana People from Greensburg, Indiana 19th-century American politicians