Thomas W. Bradley

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Thomas W. Bradley

Thomas Wilson Bradley (born April 6, 1844 in Yorkshire , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , † May 30, 1920 in Walden , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1903 and 1913 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Wilson Bradley was born during the reign of Victoria . His family immigrated to the United States in 1846 and settled in Walden, Orange County . He went to school there until he was nine years old.

After the outbreak of the civil war , he signed up as a private member of the Union Army . He was promoted to captain in the 124th  Regiment of the New York Volunteer Infantry transported. As aide-de-camp he then served under Major General Gershom Mott in the Third Division in the Second Army Corps . Because of his services at the Battle of Chancellorsville , he was awarded the Medal of Honor . He also became the Brevet- Major of the United States Volunteers appointed.

Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . In 1876 he was a member of the New York State Assembly . He attended the Republican National Conventions as a delegate in 1892, 1896, and 1900 . In the 1902 congressional elections for the 58th Congress , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 20th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded George N. Southwick on March 4, 1903 . He was re-elected four times in a row. Since he on a run again in 1912 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1913 Congress of.

After his time at Congress, he went to banking. Bradley was President and Treasurer of the New York Knife Co. He died on May 30, 1920 and was then buried in Wallkill Valley Cemetery .

Web links

  • Thomas W. Bradley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)