Nathan B. Bradley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Nathan B. Bradley

American politician

Date of Birth: 28-May-1831

Place of Birth: Lee, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 08-Nov-1906

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Nathan B. Bradley

  • Nathan Ball Bradley (May 28, 1831 – November 8, 1906) was a politician from the U.S.
  • state of Michigan. Bradley was born in Lee, Massachusetts and moved with his parents to Lorain County, Ohio, in 1835 where he attended the common schools.
  • He moved to Wisconsin in 1849 and was employed in a sawmill in the pine region.
  • He returned to Ohio in 1850 and built and operated a sawmill until 1852, when he moved to Lexington, Michigan, and engaged in the manufacture of lumber.
  • He moved to St.
  • Charles, in the Saginaw Valley, in 1855 and engaged in the lumber industry.
  • He purchased a mill in Bay City, which he operated from 1858 to 1864.
  • He also engaged in the salt industry in Bay City, where he was also justice of the peace for three terms, a supervisor one term, an alderman three terms, and the first mayor of Bay City after it obtained its charter in 1865.
  • He was a member of the Michigan State Senate from 1866 to 1868.
  • He also engaged in banking in 1867, becoming vice president of the First National Bank of Bay City. Bradley was elected as a Republican and the first person to represent Michigan's 8th congressional district to the 43rd and 44th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1877.
  • He was not a candidate for renomination in 1876 and again engaged in the lumber business in Bay City and also was instrumental in establishing the first beet-sugar factory in the state.
  • Bradley died in Bay City and is interred in Elm Lawn Cemetery there.

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