| Alden Bradford | |
| Office: | 5th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth |
| Term Start: | 1812 |
| Term End: | 1824 |
| Birth Date: | 1765 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Duxbury, Massachusetts |
| Death Place: | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Alma Mater: | Harvard College, 1786 |
| Occupation: | Politician, clergyman, writer |
Alden Bradford (19 November 1765 – 26 October 1843) was an American politician, clergyman and author who served as the 5th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Alden Bradford was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts on 19 November 1765.[1] He graduated from Harvard in 1786 and received a degree of LL.D. there.[2] He was then ordained as a Congregational church pastor, serving in Wiscasset, Maine. After moving to Boston he served from 1812 to 1824 as secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.[2] At times a bookseller and journalist, his works included a History of Massachusetts and Memoir of the Life and Writings of Rev. Jonathan Mayhew.[3]
He was a descendant of Plymouth Colony governor William Bradford (c. 1590 – 1657).
Alden Bradford built (or arranged to have built) the Bradford House, built 1794, a historic house in Wiscasset Historic District.[4]
He died in Boston on 26 October 1843.[2] [1]