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George Bradley (Minnesota politician)

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George Bradley
2nd Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office
March 12, 1858 – December 6, 1859
Preceded byJohn S. Watrous
Succeeded byAmos Coggswell
Minnesota State Representative from the 7th District
In office
December 2, 1857 – December 6, 1859
Succeeded byMultiple-member district
Personal details
Born1833
Charleston, Maine
Died1879
ChildrenCatherine, Nicholas
ResidenceBelle Plaine, Minnesota

George Bradley (1833–1879) was a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He represented District 7, which at that time included portions of Scott County just southwest of the Twin Cities.

Bradley was elected to the position of Speaker Pro Tem of the Minnesota House of Representatives on December 22, 1857, when then-Speaker John S. Watrous took leave to attend to personal business. When, due to Watrous' prolonged absence, the Speaker's chair was declared vacant on March 12, 1858, Bradley was elected Speaker in his own right.[1] In 1860 he was appointed Receiver of the U. S. Land Office in St. Paul. Lincoln's call for volunteers prompted him to volunteer as a Major in the 7th Minnesota Infantry. He saw action in Minnesota during the Sioux Uprising and then in Missouri, the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee.[2] and the Battle of Tupelo. By the end of the Civil War he had been made a Lt. Colonel.[2]

References

  1. ^ Official State Biography
  2. ^ a b Colonel George Bradley, Minnesota Legal History Project, 2015 [1]
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
1858–1859
Succeeded by