Joseph Perry Bradbury

Joseph Perry Bradbury
Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
In office February 9, 1889 – January 10, 1900
Preceded by	Selwyn N. Owen
Succeeded by	William Z. Davis
Personal details
Born	November 21, 1838 Kygerville, Gallia County, Ohio
Died	July 15, 1915 (aged 76) Pomeroy, Ohio
Resting place	Beech Grove Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	August 1857-June 1859

Joseph Perry Bradbury (November 21, 1838 – July 17, 1915) was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court 1889–1901.

Joseph Bradbury was born on a farm near Kygerville, Gallia County, Ohio. He attended the common schools. In 1857 he joined the United States Army, and served under Albert Sidney Johnson against the Mormons. In 1859 he went to California and mined gold for a few years.^[1]

Bradbury began the practice of law in 1866 in Union City, Indiana, and later that year in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio. 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.^[1]

Bradbury was elected in 1888 to the Ohio Supreme Court, defeating Democrat Lyman R. Critchfield for a five-year term.^[2] He was re-elected in 1893, and continued to serve until January 10, 1900.^[3]

In 1905 he was again elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and served until 1912.^[4] He died July 17, 1915 at home in Pomeroy.^[4]

See also

• List of Justices of the Ohio Supreme Court

Notes

1. Smith 1898 : 568
2. Smith 1898 : 566
3. State of Ohio
4. Fess, Simeon D., ed. (1937). Ohio, A four volume reference library on the History of a Great State 4. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. p. 338. OCLC 418516.

References

• Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company.