Theophilus Bradbury Explained

Theophilus Bradbury
State:Massachusetts
District:11th
Term Start:March 4, 1795
Term End:July 24, 1797
Preceded:None
Term2:1797  - July 1803
Succeeded2:Seat ended
Office3:Member of the Massachusetts Senate
Term3:1791-1794
Birth Date:13 November 1739
Birth Place:Newbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America

Theophilus Bradbury (November 13, 1739September 6, 1803) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College in 1757; taught school and studied law in Portland; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Portland in 1761; moved to Newburyport in 1764 and continued the practice of law; member of the State senate 1791–1794; elected as a Federalist to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1795, until July 24, 1797, when he resigned; appointed justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 1797. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1798.[1] Bradbury was a member of the electoral college in 1800.

In February 1802 Bradbury was stricken with paralysis and totally disabled, he was removed from the bench in July 1803.

Bradbury died in Newburyport, Mass., September 6, 1803; interment in Old Hill Burying Ground in Newburyport.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. July 28, 2014.