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 BRADFORD. BRADFORD. 73 of the committee on rules and orders. In 1885 he was elected speaker of the House by a vote of 217 to 15. Probably no speaker was ever put to a more severe test in Massachusetts than that which Mr. Brackett encountered the first year — that of the famous filibustering movement against the metropolitan police bill. By his firm action and spirited determination, the bill was reached and passed, and both parties accorded him much praise for his ability in presiding over this stormy debate. He was unanimously renominated by the Republicans and was re-elected speaker in 1886. He was elected lieutenant-governor in 18S6, and re-elected in 18S7 and 1888. During July and August of 1888 he was acting governor during the illness of Gov- ernor Ames, and in that capacity in Sep- tember visited Columbus, Ohio, with the staff and special legislative committee, most creditably representing his state at the centennial of the settlement of Ohio. Owing to the governor's illness, he was also acting governor during a part of the year 1889, and as such represented the Commonwealth at the dedication of the Pilgrim monument at Plymouth, and at the reception of President Harrison in Boston, as well as on many other public occasions. He was elected governor in 1889. BRADFORD, EDWARD STANDISH, son of S. Standish and Dorcas Brown (Lock- wood) Bradford, was born in North Provi- dence, R. I., December 1, 1842. His early educational training was re- ceived in the University grammar school, Providence. He fitted for Brown Uni- versity, but owing to ill health did not enter, but traveled abroad until improved health enabled him to return and begin a business career in the house of Bradford, Taft & Co., woolens, Providence, R. I. He was subsequently connected with Samuel Slater & Sons, Webster, and in 1878 was elected treasurer of the Hampden Cotton Mills. In 1885 he retired from active business, and resides in Springfield. .Mr. Bradford was married in Provi- dence, R. I., April 28, 1S68, to Mary, daughter of Horatio Nelson and Sarah (Tiffany) Slater. Of this union were four children. Horatio Nelson Slater, Edward Standish, Jr, Dorcas Lock wood, and Sarah Tiffany Bradford (deceased). Mr. Bradford, while living in Rhode Island, was identified with the militia of the state ; was chairman of the board of selectmen of Webster, Mass., 1871, '72, and '73 ; director of Chapin National Bank, Springfield ; director of the Hampden County Musical Association ; was member of the Springfield common council, 18S6, '87 and '88, and is now mayor of Spring- field. He is first vice-president of the Winthrop Club, and director in the Con- necticut Valley Historical Association, and chairman of the finance committee of the First Baptist society. EDWARD S BRADFORD. Mr. Bradford has traveled extensively in the old world, and has been a studious observer of its customs, as well as a critical student of its history. On his paternal side he is a lineal de- scendant of Governor Bradford and Miles Standish, and on his maternal side, of Roger Williams, of Rhode Island colonial fame. BRADFORD, ISAAC, son of Captain Isaac Bradford of Duxbury, and Sarah (Beckford) Bradford of Salem, Essex coun- ty, was born in Boston, November 15, 1834. He is a lineal descendant in the eighth generation from Governor William Brad- ford of the Plymouth Colony. His early educational training was re- ceived in the public and private schools of Boston, the famous school at Brook Farm under Dr. Ripley, George P. Bradford's school, Concord, and the English high school, Boston