James W. Bradbury

James Ware Bradbury ( born June 10, 1802 in Parsonsfield, York County, Maine; † January 6, 1901 in Augusta, Maine ) was an American politician (Democratic Party), who represented the state of Maine in the U.S. Senate.

James Bradbury first attended the public schools and later a private school in Gorham. After graduating from Bowdoin College in 1825, he became a director of a private school in Hallowell, before he Effingham (New Hampshire), the first normal school in New England -founded in 1829. He then studied law and began in 1830 as a lawyer practicing in Augusta. There he worked temporarily as an editor for the Maine Patriot, and was from 1834 to 1838 Prosecutor of the Kennebec County.

1844, James Bradbury at the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore in part, was nominated for the James K. Polk, as a candidate for the presidency. Polk won the election later. On March 3, 1847 Bradbury then moved one for the Democrats in the Senate in Washington. He stayed there for a full term of office until March 3, 1853, and gave up another candidate to again pursue his legal activity can. During his time in the Senate he stood before the Committee on Printing and the Committee on Retrenchment.

After his political career in 1861 Bradbury still a board member of the Bowdoin College. He joined the board of the Historical Society of Maine and served from 1867 to 1887 as its president. James Bradbury died in 1901 at the age of 98 years as at that time the oldest former U.S. senator.