Gene Bradford
Member of the Washington House of Representatives
from the 39th district
In office
January 11, 1937  August 17, 1937
(died while in office)
Serving with W. O. Dolsen
Preceded byL. C. Freese
Bertel J. McCarty
Succeeded byRobert Bernethy
Oscar Wenberg
Personal details
Born1909
Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedAugust 17, 1937(1937-08-17) (aged 27–28)
Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationNorthwestern University

Gene L. Bradford (1909 – August 17, 1937) was an American politician who served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives in 1937. She represented Washington's Washington's 39th legislative district as a Democrat.[1]

Bradford was born in Wisconsin in 1909 but raised in Iowa. She studied at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.[1]

Her legislative district served Snohomish and Island Counties, and she lived in Everett, Washington. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Order of the Eastern Star, a Masonic organization.[1]

She died in an automobile crash during her first year in office at the age of just 27 or 28. She was riding at the time with State Representative Clyde U. Taylor and his wife.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gene L. Bradford" (PDF). Women in the Legislature. Washington State Legislature. Retrieved April 12, 2022.

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