James Bradford Foley, Date of Birth, Date of Death

James Bradford Foley

American politician

Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1807

Date of Death: 05-Dec-1886

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

James Bradford Foley (October 18, 1807 – December 5, 1886) was a U.S.
Representative from Indiana. Born near Dover, Kentucky, Foley received a limited schooling. He was employed on a flatboat on the Mississippi River in 1823. He moved to Greensburg, Indiana, in 1834. He engaged in mercantile pursuits 1834-1837, and afterwards in farming. Treasurer of Decatur County 1841-1843. He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1850. He was appointed commander of the Fourth Brigade of State militia in 1852. Foley was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859). He resumed agricultural pursuits in Decatur County. He died in Greensburg, Indiana, December 5, 1886. He was interred in South Park Cemetery.