Edward Green Bradford

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Delaware

Years in office: 1871 - 1884

Education

Bachelor's

Delaware College, 1839

Law

Read law, 1842

Personal

Birthplace

Maryland

Edward Green Bradford (1819-1884) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Delaware.

He was nominated by PresidentUlysses Grant on December 11, 1871. He was confirmed by the Senate onDecember 12, 1871, and received commission that same day. He served until his death onJanuary 16, 1884.^[1] Bradford was succeeded in this position byLeonard Eugene Wales.

Early life and education

• Delaware College, 1839
• Read law,1842

Professional career

• Deputy state attorney general, Delaware, Dover, Delaware,1842-1850
• City solicitor, Wilmington, Delaware,
• Representative, Delaware House of Representatives, 1849-1850
• Private practice, Wilmington, Delaware,
• U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, 1861-1866
• Private practice, Wilmington, Delaware, 1866-1871

Judicial nominations and appointments

District of Delaware

Bradford was nominated by PresidentUlysses Grant on December 11, 1871. He was confirmed by the Senate onDecember 12, 1871, and received commission that same day. He served until his death onJanuary 16, 1884.^[1] Bradford was succeeded in this position byLeonard Eugene Wales.

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Delaware

External links

• Judge Bradford's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byUlysses Grant
1869	Dillon •Drummond •Gresham •Hillyer •McKennan •Shepley •Woodruff •Woods
1870	Blodgett •Bond •Bradley •Charles Daniel Drake •Emmons •Hopkins •Humphreys •Knowles •Longyear •MacArthur •Nixon •Sawyer •Strong •Winch
1871	Bradford •McKinney •Rives •Story •Swing
1872	Dick •Hunt •Locke •Morrill
1873	Howe •Shipman •Welker
1874	Foster •Hughes •Richarson •Waite •Wallace
1875	Brown •Bruce •Dyer •Johnson •Parker
1876 -77	Billings •Hallett •Ketcham •Settle

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Delaware
Active judges	Chief Judge: Colm Connolly  •  Maryellen Noreika  •  Jennifer Hall  •  Gregory Williams (Delaware)
Senior judges	Joseph Longobardi  •  Richard G. Andrews (Delaware)  •
Magistrate judges	Christopher J. Burke (Delaware)  •  Sherry R. Fallon  •
Former Article III judges	Greg Sleet  •  Joseph Farnan  •  Sue Robinson  •  Leonard Stark  •  Gunning Bedford  •  John Fisher (Delaware)  •  Willard Hall  •  Edward Green Bradford  •  Leonard Eugene Wales  •  Walter Stapleton (federal judge)  •  Jane Roth  •  Kent Jordan  •  Edward Green Bradford II  •  Hugh Martin Morris  •  John Percy Nields  •  James Latchum  •  Caleb Layton  •  Paul Leahy  •  Roderick McKelvie  •  Richard Rodney  •  Edwin Steel  •  Caleb Wright  •  Murray Schwartz  •
Former Chief judges	Greg Sleet  •  Joseph Farnan  •  Sue Robinson  •  Leonard Stark  •  Walter Stapleton (federal judge)  •  James Latchum  •  Paul Leahy  •  Caleb Wright  •  Joseph Longobardi  •  Murray Schwartz  •