Researching Edward Bradley
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The name Edward means "Guardian of prosperity" and is of English origin.
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Some Famous People called Edward Bradley
Edward Bradley (writer)
Edward Bradley (25 March 1827 – 12 December 1889) was an English clergyman and novelist. He was born in Kidderminster and educated at Durham University from which he took his pen name Cuthbert Bede, B.A. His most popular book was The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, on the experiences of an Oxford undergraduate. There was a sequel, Little Mr Bouncer and his friend Verdant Green. Tales of College Life (often bound with it), introduces the character of Mr Affable Canary. The celebrated illustrations to the Verdant Green books were the work of the author.
Source: Edward Bradley (writer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Edward Bradley (politician)
Edward Bradley (April 1808 – August 5, 1847) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan.
Bradley was born in East Bloomfield, New York, and attended the common schools and the local academy in Canandaigua. He was associate judge of the common pleas court of Ontario County in 1836. He moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1839 where he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1841. He commenced practice in Marshall and became prosecuting attorney of Calhoun County in 1842. He was a member of the Michigan State Senate in 1842 and 1843 and developed a reputation as a gifted orator and stump speaker.
He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives for the Thirtieth Congress, serving from March 4, 1847, until his death in New York City while en route to Washington, D.C., before the assembling of Congress. He was interred in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
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