Benjamin Franklin Bradley (October 5, 1825 – January 22, 1897) was a politician in the

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during the

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Biography

Bradley was born in Georgetown in

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. He served in the

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in the Mexican War and then in the

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in the Civil War when he was commissioned as the

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of the 1st Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Rifles. He was elected to represent Kentucky in the

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from 1864 to 1865. After the war, Bradley returned to Kentucky and took the

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. He resumed his legal career and served in the

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in 1889. He died in Georgetown, Kentucky, on January 22, 1897, and was buried in Georgetown Cemetery.Political Graveyard
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bradley, Benjamin Franklin Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Kentucky American military personnel of the Mexican–American War Confederate States Army officers Kentucky lawyers People from Georgetown, Kentucky 1825 births 1897 deaths 19th-century American lawyers Burials at Georgetown Cemetery (Georgetown, Kentucky)