Jonathan Dorr Bradley

Jonathan Dorr Bradley (April 1803 – September 8, 1862) was an American lawyer and politician.

He was the son of the Hon. William Czar Bradley, and was born in Westminster, Vermont, April, 1803. He graduated from Yale College in 1822. He entered upon the profession of the Law, and was settled first at Bellows Falls, Vermont, and afterwards at Brattleboro, Vermont. To his legal attainments, he added unusual acquisitions in literature and science.

In 1856 and 1857 he represented the town of Brattleboro in the Vermont Legislature, and he was also a member of the Board of Education in Vermont, from its organization until his death.

He died in Brattleboro, Vermont, September 8, 1862, aged 59 years, 5 months. He left a widow and four sons.

Further reading

• Schlesinger Library, Harvard University: Papers of the Bradley family, 1813-1957

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.