Theophilus Bradbury (November 13, 1739September 6, 1803) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. He graduated from

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in 1757; taught school and studied law in Portland; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Portland in 1761; moved to Newburyport in 1764 and continued the practice of law; member of the State senate 1791-1794; elected as a

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to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1795, until July 24, 1797, when he resigned; appointed justice of the

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in 1797. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1798. Bradbury was a member of the electoral college in 1800. In February 1802 Bradbury was stricken with paralysis and totally disabled, he was removed from the bench in July 1803. Bradbury died in Newburyport, Mass., September 6, 1803; interment i
Old Hill Burying Ground
in Newburyport.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bradbury, Theophilus 1739 births 1803 deaths Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Harvard College alumni Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Massachusetts state senators Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts People of colonial Massachusetts People from Newbury, Massachusetts Burials at Old Hill Burying Ground