Luther Bradish
| Luther Bradish | |
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| Lieutenant Governor of New York | |
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In office 1839–1842 |
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| Governor | William H. Seward |
| Preceded by | John Tracy |
| Succeeded by | Daniel S. Dickinson |
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| Born | September 15, 1783 Cummington, Massachusetts, USA |
| Died | August 30, 1863 (aged 79) Newport, Rhode Island, USA |
| Political party | Whig, Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Elizabeth Gibbs Bradish |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
Luther Bradish (September 15, 1783 Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts – August 30, 1863 Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1839 to 1842, with his Whig Party colleague, William H. Seward. He was also co-founder of Children's Village with 23 others.
Luther Bradish was born in 1783 in Cummington, Massachusetts, the son of Col. John Bradish, a Revolutionary War veteran, and Hannah Bradish (née Warner). He read the law and passed the bar, becoming an attorney and entering practice. Bradish served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. In 1814, he married Helen Elizabeth Gibbs (daughter of George Gibbs). She died in 1816 along with their son.
In 1819, Bradish was commissioned by United States Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, under U.S. President James Monroe, to pursue a treaty with the Ottoman Empire on commerce and shipping in the Mediterranean. Up till that point, Philadelphian David Offley was interceding, on behalf of American shippers, with the Empire's regencies along the Barbary Coast, i.e., Algiers, Libya, Tunis, etc., His effectiveness was limited because the U.S had no official relations with the Empire, even after the conclusion of the First and the Second Barbary Wars. The treaty terms demanded by Halet Efendi, the Ottoman foreign minister, were unacceptable to the U.S. Because Halet was thought to have contributed to a Greek insurrection in 1821 by poor policy, displeasing the Sultan, he was banished from the Empire's capital of Constantinople (Istanbul) and executed in 1822.
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