Gene Bradford

Gene Bradford
Member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 39th district
In office January 11, 1937 – August 17, 1937 (died while in office) Serving with W. O. Dolsen
Preceded by	L. C. Freese Bertel J. McCarty
Succeeded by	Robert Bernethy Oscar Wenberg
Personal details
Born	1909 Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	August 17, 1937(1937-08-17) (aged 27–28) Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Northwestern University

Gene L. Bradford (1909 – August 17, 1937) was an American politician who served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives in 1937. She represented Washington's Washington's 39th legislative district as a Democrat.

Bradford was born in Wisconsin in 1909 but raised in Iowa. She studied at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Her legislative district served Snohomish and Island Counties, and she lived in Everett, Washington. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Order of the Eastern Star, a Masonic organization.

She died in an automobile crash during her first year in office at the age of just 27 or 28. She was riding at the time with State Representative Clyde U. Taylor and his wife.

Further reading

• “Biography, Gene Bradford,” The Seattle Times, January 17, 1937, page 11
• “Legislator, in collision, Dies,” The Seattle Times, August 17, 1937