William Bradwell

William Bradwell (December 1822 - July 16, 1887) was a religious leader and Reconstruction era politician in Florida. He lived in Jacksonville and represented Duval County in the Florida Legislature.[1] An African American, he was a leader in the A.M.E. Church. He served in the Florida Senate representing Duval County, Florida from 1868 to 1870.[2] He was a Republican and stated that his father was "one of the first representatives to the Legislature of Georgia".[2]

William Bradwell
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
from the Duval County district
In office
1868–1870

He was a minister.[3]

Following the Reconstruction acts passed in the U.S. Congress he was involved in organizing Black voters and supported a ticket with Republican Ossian B. Hart.[4]

See also

References
  1. Bartley, Abel A. (2000). Keeping the Faith: Race, Politics, and Social Development in Jacksonville, Florida, 1940-1970. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313310355.
  2. Florida's Black Public Officials by Carter Brown Jr. (1998) page 76
  3. Ossian Bingley Hart: Florida's Loyalist Reconstruction Governor. LSU Press. July 1997. ISBN 9780807141717.
  4. Brown, Canter (1998). Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817309152.


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