Biography
Bradford was born April 30,1940 Little Rock,Arkansas to J. Turner Bradford and Chrystal Jacobs Bradford and was one of four children. [1] When he was eight he and his siblings moved to live wit relatives in Paris,Arkansas after his mother died. [1] He was educated in the Subiaco Academy followed by Henderson State University where obtained a bachelor's degree in economics and psychology in 1963. [1]
He worked in insurance and was the founder and chairman of the First Arkansas Insurance Group as well as being president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Arkansas. [1]
Bradford started his political career as an alderman in Pine Bluff,Arkansas. [1] Then he ran for a seat in the Arkansas Senate as a Democrat in 1982 and won,a position he would serve from 1983 to 2000 [2] [3] before being term limited out. [4] Bill Clinton nominated Bradford as chairman of the Democratic Party in 1889 when Skip Rutherford resigned but in February the next year Bradford resigned to avoid a lawsuit for serving a dual role. [5] In his final years in the senate he served as President of the Arkansas Senate in 1999/2000. [2] He then served in the Arkansas House after running unopposed [4] serving from 2000 until 2007. [1] He has also been appointed as a state official and served as a state commissioner of insurance. [1]
After his political career he returned to the insurance business. He is married to Anne T. Bradford,they have a child,and live in Pine Bluff. [6] [1]
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