Allen Alexander Bradford (July 23, 1815 – March 12, 1888) was a Delegate from the Territory of Colorado.

Born in Friendship, Maine

Friendship, Maine

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, Bradford moved to Missouri

Missouri

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 in 1841. He studied law and was admitted to the bar

Admission to the bar in the United States

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 and practiced. He served as clerk of the circuit court of Atchison County, Missouri

Atchison County, Missouri

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 from 1845 to 1851. He moved to Iowa

Iowa

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 and was judge of the sixth judicial district 1852–1855. He then moved to the Territory of Nebraska, where he served as a member of the Territorial house of representatives in 1856, 1857, and 1858. In 1860, he moved to the Territory of Colorado, and was appointed judge of the supreme court of the Territory by President Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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 on June 6, 1862.

Bradford was elected as a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 to the Thirty-ninth Congress

39th United States Congress

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 (March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867). He resumed the practice of law.

Bradford was elected to the Forty-first

41st United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871). He engaged in the practice of law in Pueblo, Colorado

Pueblo, Colorado

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, until his death there March 12, 1888. He was interred in the City Cemetery.

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