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William Czar Bradley (March 23, 1782 – March 3, 1867) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as U.S. Representative from Vermont. ==Biography== Born in Westminster, Vermont, Bradley was the son of United States Senator Stephen Row Bradley.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BRADLEY, Stephen Row, (1754 - 1830) )〕 Bradley received his early education in the schools of Cheshire, Connecticut, and Charlestown, New Hampshire. As a child prodigy, he entered Yale College for a short time at the age of thirteen, but was expelled for pranks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= A Brief History of William Czar Bradleyand This Little Building )〕 He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Westminster in 1802. Also in 1802 Bradley married Sarah Richards, the daughter of Mark Richards, who served in Congress and as Lieutenant Governor.〔George Derby, James Terry White, editors, (The National Cyclopedia of American Biography ), Volumes 8, 1898, page 477〕〔Henry Kellogg Willard, (A Memorial to Henry Augustus Willard and Sarah Bradley Willard ), 1925, page 275〕 He served as prosecuting attorney for Windham County, as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, and as member of the Governor's council.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BRADLEY, William Czar, (1782 - 1867) )〕 Bradley was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1813 to March 3, 1815.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Rep. William Bradley )〕 Bradley was an agent of the United States under the Treaty of Ghent to fix the boundary line between Maine and Canada from 1815 to 1820.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= BRADLEY, William Czar, )〕 He served again in the United States Congress when was elected as an Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and as an Adams to the Nineteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1827.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BRADLEY, William Czar, (1782 - 1867) )〕 After leaving Congress, Bradley resumed the practice of law. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor several times, running as a Democratic candidate in 1830, 1834 and 1838. (Daniel Kellogg, the husband of Bradley's daughter Merab, was the Democratic nominee for Governor in 1843, 1844 and 1845.)〔Prudence Doherty, University of Vermont, (Lecture Spotlights Library of Allen Brothers' Ally ), April 11, 2002〕 Bradley then ran as an unsuccessful Free Soil Party candidate in 1848, and an unsuccessful candidate on the Fremont ticket in 1856.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= William Czar Bradley )〕 He served as presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1856,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Rep. Bradley, William Czar (1782-1867) )〕 and cast his vote for John C. Fremont, the first presidential candidate of the Republican Party. Bradley served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1857. He retired from the practice of law in 1858. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Czar Bradley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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