Edward Green Bradford

For his son, who was also a federal judge, see Edward Green Bradford II .

Edward Green Bradford (July 17, 1819 – January 16, 1884) was a Delaware politician and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware .

Contents

• 1 Education and career

• 2 Federal judicial service

• 3 Family

• 4 References

• 5 Sources

Education and career

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Born in Cecil County , Maryland , Bradford graduated from Delaware College (now the University of Delaware ) in 1839 and read law to enter the bar in 1842. He was a deputy state attorney general in Dover , Delaware from 1842 to 1850, and a city solicitor for Wilmington , Delaware. In 1849, he was elected to the Delaware House of Representatives , returning to private practice in Wilmington the following year. In 1861, he was named United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, a post that he held until 1866.

Federal judicial service

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Bradford was nominated by President Ulysses S. Grant on December 11, 1871, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by Judge Willard Hall . The following day, Bradford was confirmed by the United States Senate and received his commission. He served on the court until his death on January 16, 1884, in Wilmington.

Family

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Bradford married Mary Alicia Heyward (1820-1848), the granddaughter of Thomas Heyward Jr. , a signer of the Declaration of Independence for South Carolina .[_citation needed
] Their son, Edward Green Bradford II , also became both a Delaware State Representative and federal judge.[citation needed
_] Their daughter, Elizabeth Canby Bradford, married Alexis Irénée du Pont Jr.

References

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   Edward Green Bradford at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

Sources

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• Edward Green Bradford at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

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