Joseph Philo Bradley (March 14, 1813 – January 22, 1892) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1870 to 1892. He was also a member of the Electoral Commission that decided the disputed 1876 United States presidential election.
Joseph P. Bradley
Supreme Court of the United States
Born 1813 in Berne, NY
Died 1892 in Washington, DC
FJC ID: 238
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 7/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 92/year
Supreme Court of the United States · 1870–1892
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Newark, New Jersey1839–1870
- Legislative correspondent
- Mutual Benefit Life Insurance CompanyActuary
Appointments
1870–1892 · Appointed by Ulysses Grant (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1839
- Rutgers CollegeB.A. · 1836