| 词条 | Edward Green Bradford |
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Edward Green Bradford (July 17, 1819 – January 16, 1884) was a Delaware politician and United States district court judge. Born in Cecil County, Maryland, Bradford graduated from Delaware College in 1839 and read law to enter the bar in 1842. He was a deputy state attorney general, Dover, Delaware from 1842–1850, and a city solicitor for Wilmington. In 1849, he was elected to the Delaware House of Representatives, returning to private practice in Wilmington the following year. In 1861, he was named U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, a post that he held until 1866. He was nominated by President Ulysses Grant on December 11, 1871, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by Willard Hall. The following day, Bradford was confirmed by the United States Senate and received his commission. He served on the court until his death, in Wilmington, Delaware. He married Mary Alicia Heyward (1820-1848), the granddaughter of Thomas Heyward, Jr, a signer of the declaration of independence for South Carolina. Their son, Edward Green Bradford II, also became both a Delaware State Representative and federal district court judge. Sources
9 : 1819 births|1884 deaths|Members of the Delaware House of Representatives|United States Attorneys for the District of Delaware|Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware|United States federal judges appointed by Ulysses S. Grant|19th-century American judges|People from Cecil County, Maryland|United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law |
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