William Czar Bradley | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVermont's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | |
| Preceded by | Rollin C. Mallary |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Hunt |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVermont's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | |
| Preceded by | Phineas White |
| Succeeded by | Rollin C. Mallary |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVermont'sat-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Chipman |
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| Born | William Czar Bradley (1782-03-23)March 23, 1782 |
| Died | March 3, 1867(1867-03-03) (aged 84) Westminster,Vermont, U.S. |
| Resting place | Old Westminster Cemetery in Westminster |
| Party | Adams,Adams-Clay Republican |
| Spouse | Sarah Richards |
| Children | Jonathan Dorr Bradley |
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William Czar Bradley (March 23, 1782 – March 3, 1867) was an American lawyer and politician. He served three terms asU.S. Representative fromVermont from 1813 to 1815, then again from 1823 to 1827.
Born inWestminster in theVermont Republic, Bradley was the son of United States SenatorStephen Row Bradley.[1] Bradley received his early education in the schools ofCheshire, Connecticut, andCharlestown, New Hampshire. As a child prodigy, he enteredYale College for a short time at the age of thirteen, but was expelled for pranks.[2]
Also in 1802 Bradley married Sarah Richards, the daughter ofMark Richards, who served in Congress and aslieutenant governor.[3][4]
He studied law, wasadmitted to the bar and commenced practice in Westminster in 1802. He served as prosecuting attorney forWindham County, as a member of theVermont House of Representatives.
He was member of the Governor's council.[5]
Bradley was elected as aDemocratic-Republican to theThirteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1813, to March 3, 1815.[6] Bradley was an agent of the United States under theTreaty of Ghent to fix the boundary line betweenMaine andCanada from 1815 to 1820.[7] He served again in the United States Congress when was elected as anAdams-Clay Democratic-Republican to theEighteenth Congress and as anAdams to theNineteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1827.[5]
After leaving Congress, Bradley resumed the practice of law. He was an unsuccessful candidate forGovernor several times, running as aDemocratic candidate in 1830, 1834 and 1838. (Daniel Kellogg, the husband of Bradley's daughter Merab, was the Democratic nominee for governor in 1843, 1844 and 1845.)[8] Bradley then ran as an unsuccessfulFree Soil Party candidate in 1848, and an unsuccessful candidate on theFremont ticket in 1856.[9]
He served aspresidential elector on theRepublican ticket in 1856,[10] and cast his vote forJohn C. Fremont, the first presidential candidate of the Republican Party. Bradley served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1857. He retired from the practice of law in 1858.
Bradley died in Westminster on March 3, 1867, and is interred in the Old Westminster Cemetery in Westminster.[11]
A bust of Bradley was sculpted around 1860 by sculptorLarkin Goldsmith Mead, and is on display in theVermont Historical Society museum.[7]
Bradley's law office in Westminster was deeded to the State of Vermont in 1998. Bradley used the law office from 1810 until his retirement in 1858; the law office had been undisturbed until it was deeded to the state. In July 2001The William Czar Bradley Law Office was opened to the public.[2]
Bradley began writing poetry at an early age, and published his first book, "The Rights of Youth," at the age of twelve.[7][12]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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| Preceded by | Democratic nominee forGovernor of Vermont 1834,1835,1836,1837,1838 | Succeeded by Nathan Smilie |
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| Preceded by District created | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromVermont's at-large congressional district 1813-1815 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromVermont's at-large congressional district 1823-1825 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromVermont's at-large congressional district 1825-1827 | Succeeded by |
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