Theophilus Bradbury

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 11th district
Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
In office 1797 – July 1803
Personal details
Born	November 13, 1739 Newbury, Massachusetts
Died	September 6, 1803 Newburyport, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Harvard College

Theophilus Bradbury (November 13, 1739; Newbury, Massachusetts – September 6, 1803; Newburyport, Massachusetts) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College in 1757; taught school and studied law in Portland, Maine; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Portland in 1761; moved to Newburyport, Mass., in 1764 and continued the practice of law; member of the State senate 1791-1794; elected as a Federalist to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1795, until July 24, 1797, when he resigned; appointed justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 1797. Bradbury was a member of the electoral college in 1800.

In February 1802 Bradbury was stricken with paralysis and totally disabled, he was removed from the bench in July 1803.

Bradbury died in Newburyport, Mass., September 6, 1803; interment in Old Hill Burying Ground in Newburyport.

References

• Theophilus Bradbury at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Notes

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by David Cobb	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district March 4, 1795 – July 24, 1797	Succeeded by Bailey Bartlett
Legal offices
Preceded by Increase Sumner	Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 1797 – July 1803	Seat ended