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Edward Green Bradford

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Edward Green Bradford
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware
In office
December 12, 1871 – January 16, 1884
Appointed byUlysses S. Grant
Preceded byWillard Hall
Succeeded byLeonard Eugene Wales
Member of the Delaware House of Representatives
In office
1849-1850
Personal details
Born
Edward Green Bradford

(1819-07-17)July 17, 1819
Cecil County, Maryland
DiedJanuary 16, 1884(1884-01-16) (aged 64)
Wilmington, Delaware
ChildrenEdward Green Bradford II
EducationUniversity of Delaware
Reading law

Edward Green Bradford (July 17, 1819 – January 16, 1884) was a Delaware politician and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

Education and career

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Born in Cecil County, Maryland, Bradford graduated from Delaware College (now the University of Delaware) in 1839 and read law to enter the bar in 1842. He was a deputy state attorney general in Dover, Delaware from 1842 to 1850, and a city solicitor for Wilmington, Delaware. 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 United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, a post that he held until 1866.[1]

Federal judicial service

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Bradford was nominated by President Ulysses S. Grant on December 11, 1871, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by Judge 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 on January 16, 1884, in Wilmington.[1]

Family

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Bradford married Mary Alicia Heyward (1820-1848), the granddaughter of Thomas Heyward Jr., a signer of the Declaration of Independence for South Carolina.[citation needed] Their son, Edward Green Bradford II, also became both a Delaware State Representative and federal judge.[citation needed] Their daughter, Elizabeth Canby Bradford, married Alexis Irénée du Pont Jr.

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware
1871–1884
Succeeded by