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Rh are specially noteworthy as able and instructive. When in January, 1877, in pursuance of an act of congress, an electoral commission was constituted to consider and report upon the controversies that had arisen over the counting of the votes of presidential electors, Judge Bradley was a member, and, as such, concurred in the conclusions reached by the majority of the commissioners, supporting those conclusions by elaborate arguments, which were published with" the other proceedings of the commission. Judge Bradley was never what is called a politician, though always holding decided opinions respecting constitutional and other public questions, and occasionally giving those opinions to the press. In his earlier years he was attached to the whig party, and later became a republican. To the government he uniformly gave a steady and efficient support. When the southern states attempted secession, he devoted his power and influence to sustaining the government against disunion, and, as counsel and director of the New Jersey railroad companies, he assisted very materially in forwarding troops and military supplies. On several occasions he accompanied new regiments to the field, and addressed them on the pending issues. In 1862, with much reluctance, he accepted the republican nomination for congress in the sixth congressional district of New Jersey; but so strongly democratic was the district that he was defeated. In 1868 he headed the New Jersey republican electoral ticket. He was an accomplished mathematician, familiar with the higher and more abstruse processes of mathematical investigation, and not infrequently amused himself by indulgence in such pursuits. In 1844 he married Mary, daughter of Chief Justice Hornblower, of New Jersey, by whom he had two sons and two daughters.

BRADLEY, Luther Prentice, soldier, b. in New Haven, Conn., 8 Dec, 1822. He was educated in the common schools of his native city. Entering the army as lieutenant-colonel of the 51st Illinois volunteers, on 15 Oct., 1861, he was on recruiting duty until February, 1862, and was afterward engaged at the capture of Island No. 10, New Madrid, Farmington, and Nashville, Tenn. He became colonel of his regiment 15 Oct., 1862, commanded a brigade, and was in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, where he was wounded, Resaca. New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, and Jonesboro, Ga. lie was made brigadier-general of volunteers, 30 July, 1864, and was in the campaign against Gen. Hood, being wounded at the battle of Franklin, Tenn. He resigned on 30 June, 1865, and was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 27th U. S. infantry, 28 July, 1866. He was brevetted colonel in the regular army on 2 March, 1867, for services at Chickamauga, and brigadier-general for services at Resaca. He became colonel of the 3d infantry, 20 March, 1879, and on 14 June was transferred to the 13th.

BRADLEY, Stephen Row, senator, b. in Wallingford (now Cheshire), Conn., 20 Oct., 1754; d. in Walpole. N. H., 16 Dec, 1830. He was graduated at Yale in 1775, studied law under Judge Reeve, and was admitted to the bar in 1779. During the revolutionary war he commanded a company of the Cheshire volunteers, and was the aide of Gen. Wooster when that officer was killed at Danbury. In 1779 he settled in Vermont and became active in the organization of the state. He was one of its first senators, being elected as a democrat to the 2d, 3d, and 7th, to 12th congresses, and was president pro tern, during portions of the 7th and 10th congresses. He was the author of "Vermont's Appeal" (1779), which has been ascribed to Ira Allen.—His son, William Czar, lawyer, b. in Westminster, Vt., 23 March, 1783 ; d. there, 3 March, 1867. He entered Yale, but left at the end of his freshman year in 1796, and began the study of law with his father. After being admitted to the bar in 1802, he began practice in Westminster. From 1800 till 1803 he was secretary of the commissioners of bankruptcy, and from 1804 till 1811 he was prosecuting attorney for Windham co. He was elected to the lower branch of the legislature, and in 1812 was made a state counsellor. In 1813 he became a representative in congress from Vermont. From 1817 till 1822 he was the agent of the United States under the treaty of Ghent, and was again a member of congress during 1823-'7. In 1850 he was elected to the state senate, in 1856 was a presidential elector, and in 1857 a member of the state constitutional convention. He took a formal farewell of the bar in 1858, after fifty-six years of practice.

BRADLEY, Warren Ives, author, b. in Forrestville, Bristol, Conn., 20 March, 1847; d. there, 15 June, 1868. He was educated by his uncle. Prof. Newton Manross, under whose tuition he made rapid progress in literature and science. Before he was twenty-one years of age he wrote numerous articles for papers and magazines, and published, under the pen-name of Glance Gaylord, books for children. These include "Boys at Dr. Murray's" (Boston, 1866); "Gilbert Starr and his Lessons" (1866); "Uncle Donnie's Home" (1866); "Culm Rock, the Story of a Year," for which he received a prize of $350 over seventy-two competitors (1867); "Gay Cottage" (1867); "Gilbert's Last Summer at Rainsford, and what it Taught" (1867); "Will Rood's Friendship " (1867); "After Years" (1868); "Donald Deane and his Cross" (1868); "Jack Arcombe; the Story of a Waif" (1868); "Miss Patience Hathaway" (1868); and "Mr. Pendleton's Cup" (1869).

BRADSTREET, John, soldier, b. in Horbling, England, in 1711; d. in New York city, 25 Sept., 1774. When a young officer he was sent to join the British forces in America, where he remained for the rest of his life. In 1745 he served with the expedition against Louisburg as lieutenant-colonel of Pepperell's (York, Me.) regiment, and contributed largely to its success by his zeal, activity, and judgment, and by his particular knowledge of the circumstances of the place. On 5 Sept., 1745, he was made a captain, and on 16 Sept., 1746, was appointed to the lieutenant-governorship of St. John's, Newfoundland, a sinecure. In 1755 he was ordered by Gen. Braddock to Oswego, and became the adjutant-general to Gov. Shirley. During the following summer he conveyed from Albany a great quantity of stores, with six months' provisions, to Oswego, and on his return from the fort was attacked by a strong party of French, whom he defeated. In March, 1757, he was appointed to a company in the 60th regiment royal American, and in December was made lieutenant-colonel and deputy quartermaster-general. He participated in the attack on Ticonderoga in 1758, after which he was made full quartermaster-general with the rank of colonel. On 27 Aug., 1758, he captured Fort Frontenac, which he razed to the ground, and destroyed such stores as could not be removed. He served under Amherst in his expedition against Ticonderoga and Crown Point in 1759, received his colonelcy in February, 1762, and was advanced to the rank of major-general on 25 May, 1772. During Pontiac's war he commanded an expedition against the western Indians, with whom he negotiated a treaty of peace in Detroit, 7 Sept., 1764.