Michael J. Bradley

Michael Joseph Bradley ( born May 24, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † November 27, 1979 enenda ) was an American politician. Between 1937 and 1947 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Michael Bradley attended the public schools of his home. In the years 1914 to 1917, he worked in the telegraph service. During the First World War, he served 1917-1919 in the U.S. Navy in the Radiocommunications (Chief Radio Electrician ). Between 1921 and 1935 he worked in Philadelphia in the security industry and as a stockbroker. Between 1935 and 1937 he was deputy insurance commissioner of the state government of Pennsylvania. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In 1934 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress yet.

In the congressional elections of 1936, Bradley was but then in the third electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of the Republican Clare G. Fenerty on January 3, 1937. After four elections he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1947 five legislative sessions. These were shaped by the events of the Second World War and its consequences. In 1946 he gave up another Congress candidate.

From 1946 to 1948 Michael Bradley was district chairman of the Democrats in Philadelphia County. Between 1948 and 1953 he led a customs authority ( District No. 11, Port of Philadelphia ) in the Port of Philadelphia. After that, he worked as Deputy Managing Director for the city of Philadelphia until 1955. From 1954 to 1964 he was a member of the State Marine Commission for the Delaware River. He was also a member and chairman of a city commission that dealt with issues of labor law. Between 1955 and 1976 he worked in the Tax Commission of the City of Philadelphia with. Michael Bradley died on 27 November 1979.