Legislator Details


William Herbert Bradley
AKA:
Number of sessions served 2
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 49

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 2/26/1859
City: Spencer Township, MI
County: Kent County, MI
Country: US
 
Death
Date: 4/20/1925
City: Greenville, MI
County: Montcalm County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date: 4/22/1925
City: Greenville, MI
County: Montcalm County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Forest Home Cemetery

Marital Information:
married Elizabeth Oglevee Coutant, dau. of Anne C Middleswarth, 9/30/1885, in Huron Co., OH; children: 4, Helen Mae (Bock), Bertha Middlesworth (Christensen), William Elliott and Charles Coutant

Number of Children:

Background

Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: retailer, printing, grocer, businessman
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
public schools; Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie NY

Biographical Sketch:
Son of William and Matilda (Denmont) Bradley. Worked 3 years in his father's store and 5.5 years in a printing office. From 1880-84, he was in the retail trade; 1884-1905, he was in the wholesale and retail grocery business. After 1905, he was exclusively in wholesale groceries. Served as mayor of Greenville in 1891 and alderman [1908].

Notable Facts:
Accused of bribery by Sherman M. Townsend, a former Sergeant-at-Arms of the state senate; an investigation was conducted; a resolution to expel him from the Senate failed on a vote of 14 to 15.

Sessions Served:

Forty-Sixth Legislature, 1911-1912
Chamber: Senate
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Finance and Appropriations , Joint Committee on Administrative Rules [JCAR] , Liquor Traffic , Industrial Home for Girls , Insurance , Rules and Joint Rules , State Affairs
Postions Held:

City of Residence:
County of Residence Montcalm
District: 18
District Description:

Date Elected: 11/8/1910
Date Sworn In: 1/4/1911
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Chair of the Committees on Finance and Appropriations; and Liquor Traffic
Forty-Fifth Legislature, 1909-1910
Chamber: Senate
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Immigration , Joint Committee on Administrative Rules [JCAR] , Claims and Public Accounts , Constitutional Amendments , Finance and Appropriations , State Tuberculosis Sanitorium , Asylum for Insane at Kalamazoo , Lumber Interests
Postions Held:

City of Residence:
County of Residence Montcalm
District: 18
District Description:

Date Elected: 11/3/1908
Date Sworn In: 1/6/1909
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected

Maritial Status: Unknown
Notes: Committee chairmanships: Claims and Public Accounts; and Labor interests

Bibliography:

PolGryd; MIBiog:1:102-3; Manual 1909 p.716; USCen 1880, 1900, 1920; Michiganology; Find-a-Grave.com, includes portrait; OHCoMarRec 1774-1993
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