George Bradbury

George Bradbury (born October 10, 1770 in Falmouth , Barnstable County , Province of Massachusetts Bay , †  November 7, 1823 in Portland , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1813 and 1817 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Bradbury studied at Harvard University until 1789 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar, he began in Portland, which was until 1820 to Massachusetts to work in this profession. Politically, he became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton in the late 1790s . Between 1806 and 1812 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives .

In the congressional election of 1812 Bradbury was elected to the 15th  constituency of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded William Widgery on March 4, 1813 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1817 . These were initially shaped by the events of the British-American War . In 1816 he was not re-elected.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, George Bradbury practiced as a lawyer in Portland again. In 1820 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate . He died on November 7, 1823 in Portland, where he was also buried.

Web links

• George Bradbury in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George Bradbury in the database of Find a Grave (English)