Background
Bradley, Joseph Gardner was born on September 12, 1881 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Hornblower and Eliza (Cameron) Bradley.
Bradley, Joseph Gardner was born on September 12, 1881 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Hornblower and Eliza (Cameron) Bradley.
Graduated from Saint Mark’s School, Southboro, Massachusetts, 1898. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1902, Bachelor of Laws, 1904.
Admitted to bar but has devoted attention to resources of West Virginia. President Elk River Coal & Lumber Company Bank of Widen, and Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad Company, 1904-1958. Now president Gauley Coal Land Company.
Director Dauphin Deposit Trust Company (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania).
Trustee J. Doctorate. Cameron Trust. Secured the Creation of West Virginia constabulary and the West Virginia gross sales tax law.
Led coal operators in effecting revision of West Virginia mining law in the interest of safety. Delaware Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1916, Kansas City, Missoury, 1928.
Chairman Republican Executive Committee, Clay County, West Virginia.
Member West Virginia Constitutional Commission 1930. Member West Virginia Library Commission, 1934-1935. Member National Council Young Men's Christian Association.
Chairman West Virginia State Young Men's Christian Association, 1919-1943.
Trustee Boston Library Society. Ex-director Southern States Industrial Council.
Director National Coal Association, 1917-1946 (president 1921-1922), West Virginia Coal Association (president 1916-1940), American Mining Congress (president 1927-1928), West Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Member American Institute Mining and Metall Engineers, Pennsylvania Bar Association, West Virginia Bar Association, American Bar Association, Institute Fiscal and Political Education (trustee), Alpha Delta Phi.
Clubs: Somerset, Tennis and Racquet, Brookline Country (Boston).
Married Mabel Bayard Warren, November 4, 1905. Children: Mabel Bayard, Joseph Gardner.