Nathan B. Bradley

Nathan B. Bradley

Nathan Ball Bradley (born May 28, 1831 in Lee , Berkshire County , Massachusetts , †  November 8, 1906 in Bay City , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1873 and 1877 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1835, Nathan Bradley moved with his parents to Lorain County , Ohio , where he attended public schools. In 1849 he moved to Wisconsin where he was employed by a sawmill. In 1850 he returned to Ohio, where he ran his own sawmill until 1852. Then he moved to Lexington and later to St. Charles , Michigan. Bradley also worked in wood processing in his new home. Between 1858 and 1864 he ran a sawmill in Bay City. There he also got into the salt trade.

Politically, Bradley joined the Republican Party . In Bay City, he became a justice of the peace and a councilor. In 1865 he was elected mayor of that city. Bradley served in the Michigan Senate from 1866 to 1868 . Since 1867 he was also active in the banking industry; he became vice president of the First National Bank of Bay City .

In the congressional elections of 1872 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the then newly created eighth constituency of Michigan , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1873. After a re-election in 1874, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1877 . In 1876 Bradley renounced another congressional candidacy. In the following years he worked again in the wood industry. He was also involved in founding Michigan’s first sugar beet processing factory. He died in Bay City on November 8, 1906.

Web links

• Nathan B. Bradley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Nathan B. Bradley in the database of Find a Grave (English)