Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Bradford, George H. 1866 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)


   George H. Bradford, of Wichita, Kan., is one of the powers in the political
life of Wichita and Sedgwick county, where he has been a resident for fourteen
years. Combining ability of a high order with a thorough knowledge of political
affairs, gained from years of experience; agressive and loyal to the Republican
party, Mr. Bradford possesses all the qualifications which go to make up a party
leader. Mr. Bradford was by no means a tyro in politics when he came to Wichita.
He had rendered signal service to his party in St. Joseph, Mo., where he
formerly resided, and was a delegate from that district to the state convention
in 1896; also delegate in 1902 to the state convention at Springfield, Mo.;
also, 1888, at Chillicothe, Mo. He has been honored by election to two terms in
the city council of Wichita, in the years 1906 and 1908. His record while in
office was clean and highly creditable. Mr. Bradford was born at Monroe, Mich.,
on February 21, 1866. His parents were George W. Bradford and Adelia (Kimball)
Bradford, and his early education was obtained in Monroe, Mich. After finishing
his education he engaged in civil engineering; assistant engineer W. S. S. & A.
Ry. under John F. Stevens, who was afterward chief engineer, Panama Canal. Mr.
Bradford is an eminently successful business man. He is president of the Wichita
Construction Company, which does a large business in municipal contracting. He
followed the same business for ten years in St. Joseph prior to his removal to
Wichita. He was married in 1896 to Miss Linnie M. Speece, of Wichita, and of
this union two children have been born, viz.: Edwin P. and Marguerite.

   Fraternally Mr. Bradford is a member of Wichita Lodge, No. 99, A. F. & A. M.;
Wichita Consistory, No. 12, Potentate Midion Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.; Mt.
Olivet Commandery, No. 12; trustee Wichita Lodge, No. 427, B. P. O. E.; Betton
Lodge, I. O. O. F.; Lodge No. 22, A. O. U. W.; Lodge No. 44, K. of P.; second
vice-president of National Order of Travelers' Association; national director
American Society of Bridge Contractors.


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Extracted from 

History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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