Edward Bradley (April 1808 – August 5, 1847) was a 19th-century American lawyer who in 1847 served briefly in the U.S. House of Representatives from the state ofMichigan.

Bradley was born inEast Bloomfield, New York, and attended the common schools and the local academy inCanandaigua.

He was associate judge of the common pleas court ofOntario County in 1836. He moved toDetroit, Michigan, in 1839 where he studied law and was admitted to thebar in 1841. He commenced practice inMarshall and became prosecuting attorney ofCalhoun County in 1842.

He was a member of theMichigan State Senate in 1842 and 1843 and developed a reputation as a gifted orator andstump speaker.

He was elected as aDemocrat to theUnited States House of Representatives for theThirtieth Congress, serving from March 4, 1847, until his death.

He died on August 5, 1847 in New York City whileen route to Washington, D.C. before the assembling of Congress. He was interred in theCongressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

• List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1790–1899)

• Early history of Michigan, with biographies of state officers, members of Congress, judges and legislators. Bingham, S. D. (Stephen D.) Lansing, Thorp & Godfrey, state printers, 1888. p. 116–117
• Calhoun County business directory for 1869–70. Battle Creek, Mich:E. G. Rust, 1869. p. 41–42

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