George Bradley (Minnesota politician)
George Bradley (1833–1879) was a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He represented District 7, which at that time included portions of Scott County just southwest of the Twin Cities. Bradley was elected to the position of Speaker Pro Tem of the Minnesota House of Representatives on December 22, 1857, when then-Speaker John S. Watrous took leave to attend to personal business. When, due to Watrous' prolonged absence, the Speaker's chair was declared vacant on March 12, 1858, Bradley was elected Speaker in his own right. In 1860  he was appointed Receiver of the U. S. Land Office in St. Paul. Lincoln's call for volunteers prompted him to volunteer as a Major in the 7th Minnesota Infantry. He saw action in Minnesota during the Sioux Uprising and then in Missouri, the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee. and the Battle of Tupelo. By the end of the Civil War he had been made a Lt. Colonel.