Lewis
Rice
"Broadhorns"
Bradley
Born in Orange, Virginia, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Virginia Hode (Willis) Bradley
— married
1835 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Watts (Bradley) Henderson
Died
at age 74
in Elko, Nevada, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Dec 2015
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| Preceded by 1st Governor Henry G. Blasdel |
Lewis R. Bradley 2nd Governor of Nevada  |
Succeeded by 3rd Governor John Henry Kinkead |
Biography
Lewis Bradley is Notable.
Lewis Rice "Broadhorns" Bradley was an American politician. He was the second Governor of Nevada in the United States from 1871 to 1879. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Lewis supported his mother and siblings as a mule trader after his father died. He married, moved to Missouri, and then to California. He ran for governor and served two terms.
In 1959, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
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