George Bradbury

George Bradbury ( born October 10, 1770 in Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, † November 7, 1823 in Portland, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1813 and 1817 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Bradbury studied until 1789 at Harvard University. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he started in Portland, which until 1820 belonged to Massachusetts to work in this profession. Politically, he was a member of the late 1790s, founded by Alexander Hamilton Federalist Party. Between 1806 and 1812 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

In the congressional elections of 1812, Bradbury was in the 15th electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Widgery on March 4, 1813. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1817 two legislative sessions. These were initially still affected by the events of the British - American War. In 1816 he was not re-elected.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives George Bradbury again practiced as a lawyer in Portland. In 1820 he sat in the Massachusetts Senate. He died on November 7, 1823 in Portland, where he was also buried.