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Stephen Row Bradley

Stephen Row Bradley
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18th and 23rd President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office
December 28, 1808 – January 8, 1809
Preceded by Samuel Smith
Succeeded by John Milledge
In office
December 14, 1802 – October 16, 1803
Preceded by Abraham Baldwin
Succeeded by John Brown
United States Senator
from Vermont
In office
October 15, 1801 – March 3, 1813
Preceded by Elijah Paine
Succeeded by Dudley Chase
In office
October 17, 1791 – March 3, 1795
Preceded by (none)
Succeeded by Elijah Paine
9th Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1785–1786
Preceded by Nathaniel Niles
Succeeded by John Strong
Personal details
Born (1754-02-20)February 20, 1754
Cheshire, Connecticut
Died December 9, 1830(1830-12-09) (aged 76)
Walpole, New Hampshire
Resting place Westminster Cemetery
Westminster, Vermont
Political party Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Spouse(s) Merab Atwater Bradley
Gratia Thankful Taylor Bradley
Belinda Willard Bradley
Children William Czar Bradley
Alma mater Yale
Profession Lawyer
Judge
Politician

Stephen Row Bradley (February 20, 1754 – December 9, 1830) was an American lawyer, judge and politician. He served as a United States Senator from the state of Vermont and as the Senate's presiding officer during the early 1800s.

Bradley was born on February 20, 1754, in the part of Wallingford, Connecticut that is now Cheshire. He was the son of Moses and Mary (Row) Bradley. He was the grandson of Stephen Bradley, a New Haven silversmith who was one of six brothers who served in Cromwell's Ironsides before emigrating to America.

Bradley graduated from Yale College in 1775.

After his graduation, Bradley was commissioned as captain in the Connecticut Militia and rose to the rank of major. He commanded the Cheshire Volunteers and in December 1776, he served as adjutant. He was promoted to vendue master (auctioneer of seized enemy and Loyalist property) and quartermaster, and then served as aide-de-camp to General Wooster during the British attack on Danbury on April 27, 1777 when Wooster was fatally wounded. Bradley resigned his commission after the battle.

He received a Master of Arts degree from Yale in 1778. In 1779, he moved to Westminster, Vermont and studied law, directed by Tapping Reeve, founder of the Litchfield Law School. Bradley was admitted to the bar in 1779 and began the practice of law in Westminster, becoming an important citizen of the town. In October 1779, the Legislature selected him as one of five agents to the U.S. Congress from Vermont; in early 1780, he wrote a tract entitled Vermont's Appeal to a Candid and Impartial World, which defended Vermont's right to independence against competing claims by New York, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.


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