Edward Green Bradford II
Edward Green Bradford II | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware | |
In office May 11, 1897 – May 20, 1918 | |
Appointed by | William McKinley |
Preceded by | Leonard Eugene Wales |
Succeeded by | Hugh M. Morris |
Member of the Delaware House of Representatives | |
In office 1880-1881 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Edward Green Bradford II March 12, 1848 Wilmington, Delaware, US |
Died | March 30, 1928 Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, US | (aged 80)
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Education | Yale University (A.B.) read law |
Edward Green Bradford II (March 12, 1848 – March 30, 1928) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Education and career
[edit]Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Bradford received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Yale University in 1868 and read law to enter the bar in 1870. He entered private practice in Wilmington, and was an attorney for the levy court commissioners, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a representative in the Delaware House of Representatives from 1880 to 1881, thereafter returning to private practice in Wilmington from 1881 until 1897, when he served as a delegate to the Delaware Constitutional Convention in 1897.[1]
Federal judicial service
[edit]On April 26, 1897, Bradford was nominated by President William McKinley to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by Judge Leonard Eugene Wales. Bradford was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 11, 1897, and received his commission the same day. He served in that capacity until his retirement on May 20, 1918.[1]
Later career and death
[edit]Following his retirement from the federal bench, Bradford resumed private practice in Wilmington from 1918 to 1928. He died on March 30, 1928, in Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania.[1]
Family
[edit]Bradford was the son of United States District Judge Edward Green Bradford, who previously held the same seat at the District of Delaware.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Edward Green Bradford II at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Sources
[edit]- Edward Green Bradford II at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1848 births
- 1928 deaths
- 19th-century American judges
- 19th-century American lawyers
- 20th-century American judges
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- Members of the Delaware House of Representatives
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware
- United States federal judges appointed by William McKinley
- Yale University alumni
- United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law
- Lawyers from Wilmington, Delaware