Robert F. Bradford
| Robert F. Bradford | |
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| 57th Governor of Massachusetts | |
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In office January 2, 1947 – January 6, 1949 |
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| Lieutenant | Arthur W. Coolidge |
| Preceded by | Maurice J. Tobin |
| Succeeded by | Paul A. Dever |
| 55th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
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In office January 3, 1945 – January 2, 1947 |
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| Governor | Maurice J. Tobin |
| Preceded by | Horace T. Cahill |
| Succeeded by | Arthur W. Coolidge |
| Personal details | |
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Robert Fiske Bradford December 15, 1902 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | March 18, 1983 (aged 80) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
Robert Fiske Bradford (December 15, 1902 – March 18, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as the 57th Governor of Massachusetts, from 1947 to 1949.
Bradford was born in Boston, Massachusetts, a scion of an old traditional New England Yankee Brahmin family, and the son of a successful physician and dean of Harvard Medical School. Through an entirely paternal line he was a descendant of Mayflower passenger William Bradford, who became Governor of the Plymouth Colony. He graduated from the Browne and Nichols School, and from Harvard University in 1923. In 1926 he received his law degree from Harvard Law School, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Boston.
A Republican, Bradford entered politics by serving as Executive Secretary to Governor Joseph Ely and later worked on the gubernatorial and senatorial campaigns of Leverett Saltonstall. In 1938, he was elected District Attorney of Middlesex County and served in that position from 1939 to 1945, when he became Lieutenant Governor under Democratic Governor Maurice J. Tobin. In 1946, Bradford challenged and defeated Tobin, and served as Governor from 1947 to 1949.
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