Thomas Leonard Bradford (February 13, 1869 – August 22, 1932)
was Mayor of
Dallas
Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...
, Texas, from 1931 until his death by heart attack in 1932.
Tom Bradford was born in
Port Hudson, Louisiana
Port Hudson is an unincorporated community in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. Located about northwest of Baton Rouge, it is known primarily as the location of an American Civil War battle, the siege of Port Hudson, in 1863.
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to the Rev. Harrison Bradford and Elizabeth Shelmire Bradford. Bradford graduated from
Centenary College of Louisiana
Centenary College of Louisiana is a private liberal arts college in Shreveport, Louisiana. The college is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi Rive ...
before moving to Dallas in 1887.
[ Bradford opened a grocery store in the ]Oak Cliff
Oak Cliff is an area of Dallas, Texas, United States that was formerly a separate town in Dallas County; established in 1887 and annexed by Dallas in 1903, Oak Cliff has retained a distinct neighborhood identity as one of Dallas' older establ ...
neighborhood in 1888.[ By 1912 Bradford had an ownership interest in six grocery stores, and that year he acquired an interest in Southwestern Life Insurance Company.][ In 1929, he donated $100,000 to build the Bradford Memorial Hospital for Babies, the present Children's Medical Center of Dallas.][
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References
1869 births
1932 deaths
20th-century mayors of places in Texas
Mayors of Dallas
Dallas City Council members
People from Oak Cliff, Texas
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