Frederick Van Ness Bradley

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Frederick Van Ness Bradley (1939)

Frederick Van Ness Bradley (born April 12, 1898 in Chicago , Illinois , †  May 24, 1947 in New London , Connecticut ) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1947 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1910, Frederick Bradley came to Rogers City , Michigan, where he attended public schools. He also attended the Montclair Academy in New Jersey . At the time of the First World War in 1918 he was in a military training camp in Plattsburgh ( New York ). He then studied until 1921 at Cornell University in Ithaca . From 1921 to 1923 Bradley was a seller for Limestone & Chemical Co. in Buffalo . Between 1924 and 1938 he worked for this company and for the Bradley Transportation Co. as a buyer.

Politically, Bradley was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1938 congressional elections , he was elected to the Eleventh constituency of Michigan in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Democrat John F. Luecke on January 3, 1939 . After four re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on May 24, 1947 . There, further New Deal laws were passed by the federal government by 1941 . After that, the events of the Second World War and its consequences also shaped the work. Since January 3, 1947, Bradley was chairman of the committee that dealt with the merchant marine and fisheries issues. After his death, his mandate fell to Charles E. Potter .

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SURNAME Bradley, Frederick Van Ness
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1947
Place of death New London , Connecticut