Allen Alexander Bradford

Allen Alexander Bradford ( born July 23, 1815 in Friendship, Knox County, Maine, † March 12, 1888 in Pueblo, Colorado ) was an American politician. Between 1865 and 1867, and from 1869 to 1871, he represented the Colorado Territory as a delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1841, Allen Bradford moved to Missouri, where he studied law and practiced even after his admission to the bar. From 1845 to 1851 he was bailiff at the District Court in Atchison County. Then he moved to Iowa, where he was 1852-1855 Judge in the Sixth Judicial District. Politically, he joined the Republican Party, founded in 1854. In 1855 he moved to the Nebraska Territory on. There he was a deputy in the 1856-1858 territorial House of Representatives. In 1860, Bradford took up residence in the Colorado Territory. On June 6, 1862, he was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as Judge at the Supreme Court of this area.

1864 Bradford was elected as a delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he took over from the March 4, 1865 Hiram Pitt Bennet. Until March 3, 1867, he was initially able to complete a term in Congress. Then George M. Chilcott was elected for the next term of office. In the meantime, Bradford worked as a lawyer. In the congressional elections of 1868 he was re-elected as a delegate to Congress. So that he could represent between 4 March 1869, the March 3, 1871 his territory once again in Congress. After the end of his time in Congress, Allen Bradford moved back out of politics. He again worked as a lawyer and died in 1888 in Pueblo.

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