Biography

06/13/1806 - 02/18/1876

REED, William Bradford, a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, June 13, 1806 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; graduated, University of Pennsylvania, 1825; lawyer; elected as a National Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1834-1835 term; reelected to the House as a Whig for the 1835-1836 term; elected, Attorney General of Pennsylvania (1838-1839); elected, select council, Philadelphia (1841); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1841); professor, American History, University of Pennsylvania (1850); District Attorney, Philadelphia (1851-1856); United States Minister to China (1857-1858); correspondent, The Times, London; contributor, “American Quarterly,” and “North American Review;” died, February 18, 1876 in New York, New York County, New York; interred, Saint James the Less Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.