Theophilus Bradbury

Theophilus Bradbury (* November 13, 1739 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, † September 6, 1803 in Newburyport, Massachusetts) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1795 and 1797 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Theophilus Bradbury grew up during the British colonial period. He attended Harvard College to 1757 and then worked for some time as a teacher. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began in 1761 to work in Portland in this profession. In 1764 he moved his residence and his law firm to Newburyport. In the 1790s he began a political career. Between 1791 and 1794 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate. He was a member of the Federalist Party, founded by Alexander Hamilton.

In the congressional elections of 1794 Bradbury was elected the eleventh electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of Henry Dearborn on March 4, 1895. After a re-election, he could remain until his resignation on July 24, 1797 in Congress. This was after his appointment as judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court This office he held until his death on September 6, 1803 in Newburyport.