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James W. Bradbury
United States Senator
from Maine
In office
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853
Preceded byGeorge Evans
Succeeded byWilliam P. Fessenden
County Attorney of Kennebec County, Maine
In office
January 17, 1834 – March 27, 1838
Preceded byRobert Goodenow
Succeeded byHenry W. Paine
Personal details
BornJune 10, 1802
Parsonsfield, Maine
DiedJanuary 6, 1901(1901-01-06) (aged 98)
Augusta, Maine
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materBowdoin College
ProfessionLaw
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James Ware Bradbury (June 10, 1802 – January 6, 1901) was a United States Senator from Maine.

Born in Parsonsfield, Maine, he attended the common schools and Gorham Academy. After graduating from Bowdoin College in 1825, he became principal of Hallowell Academy and founder of the first normal schoolinNew Hampshire, at Effingham, New Hampshire, in 1829.

He then studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Augusta, Maine, in 1830. There he was for a time editor of the Maine Patriot, and was prosecuting attorney for the county from 1834 until 1838. He was a member of the Baltimore convention of 1844, which nominated James K. Polk for the presidency.

He was elected in 1846[1] as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1847, until March 3, 1853, when he declined to be a candidate for reelection (returning, at the close of his term, to the practice of his profession). While in the Senate he chaired the U.S. Senate Committee on Printing and the U.S. Senate Committee on Retrenchment. He was chairman of a select committee on French spoliations.

He served as a trustee of Bowdoin College in 1861 and was corresponding secretary of the Maine Historical Society and then president of that body from 1867 to 1887.

Upon the death of former Iowa senator George Wallace Jones in 1896, Bradbury became the last living person who served in the Senate during the 32nd Congress.

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References

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  1. ^ "Bio of James W. Bradbury". www.onlinebiographies.info. Archived from the original on 2018-01-13. Retrieved 2016-03-08.

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U.S. Senate
Preceded by

George Evans

U.S. senator (Class 2) from Maine
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853
Served alongside: John Fairfield, Wyman B. S. Moor, Hannibal Hamlin
Succeeded by

William P. Fessenden

Honorary titles
Preceded by

David Meriwether

Oldest living U.S. senator
April 4, 1893 – January 6, 1901
Succeeded by

Daniel T. Jewett

Preceded by

Simon Cameron

Most senior living U.S. senator
(Sitting or former)
with Alpheus Felch until 1896

June 26, 1889 – January 6, 1901
Succeeded by

John Henderson

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