Bradley Barlow
| Bradley Barlow | |
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| Member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's 3rd district |
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In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
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| Preceded by | George Whitman Hendee |
| Succeeded by | William W. Grout |
| Member of the Vermont House of Representatives | |
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In office 1845 1850–1852 1864–1865 |
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May 12, 1814 Fairfield, Vermont, United States |
| Died | November 6, 1889 (aged 75) Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Citizenship | American |
| Political party | Greenbacker |
| Spouse(s) | Caroline Farnsworth |
| Children | Deborah Barlow, Helen K. Barlow, Joanna F. Barlow, Laura Barlow, Charlotte Barlow and Anna Barlow |
| Profession | Politician, Banker |
Bradley Barlow (May 12, 1814 – November 6, 1889) was a nineteenth-century banker and politician from Vermont. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont.
Barlow was born in Fairfield, Vermont, son of Colonel Bradley and Deborah (Sherman) Barlow. Barlow attended the common schools and then engaged in mercantile pursuits in Philadelphia with his father until 1858, when he moved to St. Albans, Vermont. Barlow began his banking career in St. Albans as a cashier.
Originally a Democrat, and later a Republican, Barlow was a delegate to the Vermont State constitutional conventions in 1843, 1850, and 1857, and was acting assistant secretary in 1843. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1845, 1850 to 1852, 1864, and 1865. He engaged in banking and in the railroad business from 1860 to 1883. He was chairman of the school committee in St. Albans and president of the village corporation and treasurer of Franklin County from 1860 to 1867. Barlow served in the Vermont Senate from 1866 to 1868. In 1878 he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress at a time when Vermont elected only Republicans to statewide and national office, and lost to William W. Grout. Barlow then ran as a "National Republican" with Democratic and Greenbacker support and won the general election, serving in the Forty-sixth United States Congress, March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1881. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1880, and began to suffer business setbacks, largely engineered by Republicans including former Governor J. Gregory Smith, who were part of Vermont's business and banking community and resented Barlow's insurgency against the dominant Republican hierarchy.
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