Bradley Francis Granger (March 12, 1825 – November 4, 1882) was an

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politician and a

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from the

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Early life

Granger was born in

Lowville, New York Lowville is a town in Lewis County, New York, United States. The population was 4,888 at the 2020 census,

and attended the public schools. At the age of fifteen he began the study of law with Stacy & Beaman, at Tecumseh, Lenawee county, Michigan, until he reached his majority and was

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on October 12, 1847.

Career

Granger commenced practice in

Tecumseh, Michigan Tecumseh is a city in Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan, near the River Raisin. Tecumseh is about southwest of Detroit, south of Ann Arbor, and north of Toledo, Ohio. The main street of downtown is Chicago Boulevard, also designat ...

, and in the summer of 1847 he moved to Kent county, and engaged in farming and lumbering, but returned to Manchester in the spring of 1848. In the spring of 1849, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and served for four years while owning and operating a farm. He continued to practice after moving to Ann Arbor,

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, and served as clerk of Washtenaw county in 1852 and Judge of Probate in 1856. Elected as a

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from

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to the Thirty-seventh Congress, Granger served as United States Representative from March 4, 1861 to March 3, 1863. He continued in the practice of law until his death.

Death

Granger died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, November 4, 1882 (age 57 years, 237 days). He is

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at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Family life

In October 1848, Granger married Susan A. De Lamater, niece of Hon. William J. Hough. The couple had five children, one of whom died in infancy.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Granger, Bradley F. 1825 births 1882 deaths People from Lowville, New York Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan Politicians from Ann Arbor, Michigan People from Tecumseh, Michigan 19th-century American legislators