William Czar Bradley

William Czar Bradley (March 23, 1782 - March 3, 1867) was a U.S. Representative from Vermont, son of Stephen Row Bradley.

Born in Westminster, Vermont, Bradley received his early education in the schools of Cheshire, Connecticut, and Charlestown, New Hampshire, and for a short time attended Yale College.He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Westminster. He served as prosecuting attorney for Windham County, as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, and as member of the Governor's council.

Bradley was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815), and was an agent of the United States under the Treaty of Ghent to fix the boundary line between Maine and Canada.

Bradley was elected as an Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and as an Adams to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1827).

He resumed the practice of law. He then was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor, served as presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1856, and served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1857. Bradley died in Westminster on March 3, 1867. He was interred in the Old Cemetery.

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