Samuel Carey Bradshaw
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Samuel Carey Bradshaw was an Opposition Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
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Samuel Carey Bradshaw was born in Plumstead, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
in 1833 and practiced in Quakertown, Pennsylvania
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Bradshaw was elected as an Opposition Party
candidate to the Thirty-fourth
Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856
. He died in Quakertown in 1872. Interment in Friends Burial Ground.
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
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Samuel Carey Bradshaw was born in Plumstead, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
The Perelman School of Medicine , formerly the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, was founded in 1765, making it the oldest American medical school. As part of the University of Pennsylvania, it is located in the University City section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is widely...
in 1833 and practiced in Quakertown, Pennsylvania
Quakertown, Pennsylvania
Quakertown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 8,979. The borough is south of Bethlehem and north of Philadelphia, making Quakertown a border town of both the Delaware Valley and Lehigh Valley metropolitan areas...
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Bradshaw was elected as an Opposition Party
Opposition Party (United States)
The Opposition Party in the United States is a label with two different applications in Congressional history, as a majority party in Congress 1854-58, and as a Third Party in the South 1858-1860....
candidate to the Thirty-fourth
34th United States Congress
The Thirty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1855 to March 4, 1857, during the last two years...
Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856
United States House election, 1856
The U.S. House election of 1856 returned a semblance of normality to the Democratic Party, as they retook a House majority and retained the presidency...
. He died in Quakertown in 1872. Interment in Friends Burial Ground.