Joseph Perry Bradbury was a Republican politician in the U.S. State

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 of Ohio

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 who was a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court 1889–1901.

Joseph Bradbury was born on a farm near Kyger, Gallia County, Ohio

Gallia County, Ohio

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. He attended the common schools. In 1857 he joined the United States Army

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, and served under Albert Sidney Johnson against the Mormon

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s. In 1859 he went to California

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 and mined gold for a few years.

Bradbury began the practice of law in 1866 in Union City, Indiana

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, and later that year in Pomeroy

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, Meigs County, Ohio

Meigs County, Ohio

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. In 1869 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Meigs County and re-elected in 1871. In 1875 he was elected Common Pleas Judge and again in 1876 and 1881. In 1884 he was chosen Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit.

Bradbury was elected in 1888 to the Ohio Supreme Court, defeating Democrat Lyman R. Critchfield

Lyman R. Critchfield

Lyman R. Critchfield was a Democratic politician from the state of Ohio. He was Ohio Attorney General 1863-1865.Lyman R. Critchfield was born May 22, 1831 at Danville Knox County, Ohio. His family moved to Millersburg Holmes County, Ohio in 1834. He attended public schools and graduated from Ohio...

for a five year term. He was re-elected in 1893, and continued to serve until January 10, 1900.

In 1905 he was again elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and served until 1912. He died July 17, 1915 at home in Pomeroy.