Edward Bradley, acct. 11657

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Son: Thomas J. Bradley

Thomas J. Bradley is buried at Calvary Cemetery, Queens Jan 2, 1870--Apr 1, 1901.

Son Thomas, born 1870, represented the Lower East Side in Congress for two terms in the 1890s, but according to the Times, "drink and high living took possession of him." Goldfogle was nominated in his place in 1900, "Bradley was crushed," he "was picked up" drunk on the Bowery Jan. 1, 1901 "in a helpless condition. He had never been his old self since" and he died a few months later, at age 31, of cirrhosis of the liver at St. Vincent's Hospital.  He was a graduate of CCNY in 1887, then NYU Law, and then became an assistant district attorney in 1891. "Ex-Congressman Bradley Dead," Times, 4/3/1901.