Edward Green Bradford was a Delaware politician and United States district court

United States district court

The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. Both civil and criminal cases are filed in the district court, which is a court of law, equity, and admiralty. There is a United States bankruptcy court associated with each United States...

 judge.

Born in Cecil County, Maryland

Cecil County, Maryland

Cecil County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is part of the Delaware Valley. It was named for Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore , who was the first Proprietary Governor of the colony of Maryland from 1632 until his death in 1675. The county seat is Elkton. The newspaper...

, Bradford graduated from Delaware College in 1839 and read law to enter the bar in 1842. He was a deputy state attorney general, Dover, Delaware

Dover, Delaware

The city of Dover is the capital and second largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, and the principal city of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware...

 from 1842-1850, and a city solicitor for Wilmington. In 1849, he was elected to the Delaware House of Representatives

Delaware House of Representatives

The Delaware House of Representatives is the lower house of the Delaware General Assembly; the state legislature of the U.S. State of Delaware. It is composed of 41 Representatives from an equal amount of constituencies, each of whom is elected to a two year term. The Delaware General Assembly...

, returning to private practice in Wilmington the following year. In 1861, he was named U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, a post that he held until 1866.

He was nominated by President Ulysses Grant on December 11, 1871, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware

United States District Court for the District of Delaware

The United States District Court for the District of Delaware is the Federal district court having jurisdiction over the entire state of Delaware. The Court sits in Wilmington...

 vacated by Willard Hall

Willard Hall

Willard Hall , was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as U.S...

. The following day, Bradford was confirmed by the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 and received his commission. He served on the court until his death, in Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...

. Bradford's son, Edward Green Bradford II

Edward Green Bradford II

Edward Green Bradford II was a United States federal judge.Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Bradford received an A.B. from Yale University in 1868 and read law to enter the bar in 1870. He entered private practice in Wilmington, and was an attorney for the levy court commissioners, in New Castle...

, also became both a Delaware State Representative and federal district court judge.

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