Joseph Perry Bradbury (November 21, 1838 – July 17, 1915) was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of

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who was a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court 1889–1901. Joseph Bradbury was born on a farm near Kygerville,

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. He attended the common schools. In 1857 he joined the

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, and served under

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against the

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. In 1859 he went to

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and mined gold for a few years. Smith 1898 : 568 Bradbury began the practice of law in 1866 in Union City, Indiana, and later that year in Pomeroy,

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. In 1869 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Meigs County and re-elected in 1871. In 1875, he was elected Common Pleas Judge and again in 1876 and 1881. In 1884 he was chosen Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit. Bradbury was elected in 1888 to the Ohio Supreme Court, defeating Democrat Lyman R. Critchfield for a five-year term. He was re-elected in 1893, and continued to serve until January 10, 1900.State of Ohio
/ref> In 1905 he was again elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and served until 1912. He died July 17, 1915, at home in Pomeroy.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bradbury, Joseph Perry Ohio lawyers Justices of the Ohio Supreme Court Ohio Republicans People from Pomeroy, Ohio 1838 births 1915 deaths People from Gallia County, Ohio County district attorneys in Ohio 19th-century American judges 19th-century American lawyers

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