"(July 23, 1815 -- March 12, 1888) Allen Alexander Bradford was a(n) lawyer, clerk, judge, public servant, and American politician. Bradford was born in Friendship, Maine and moved to Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado in 1960. Bradford studied law and was admitted to the bar. He was a clerk of the circuit court of Atchison County, Missouri (1845 - 1851), judge of the sixth judicial district in Iowa (1852-1855), and was appointed by President Lincoln as judge of the supreme court of the Territory (June 5, 1862). He was also a member of the Nebraska territorial house of representatives (1856, 1857, and 1858). He was elected as a Republican, from Colorado, to the 39th and 41st Congresses (March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1867 and March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1871). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B000737]"