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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJames Bradford FOLEY
(1807-1886)
FOLEY, James Bradford, a
Representative from Indiana; born near Dover, Mason County, Ky.,
October 18, 1807; received a limited schooling; employed on a
flatboat on the Mississippi River in 1823; moved to Greensburg,
Ind., in 1834; engaged in mercantile pursuits 1834-1837, and
afterwards in farming; treasurer of Decatur County 1841-1843;
member of the State constitutional convention in 1850; appointed
commander of the Fourth Brigade of State militia in 1852; elected
as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3,
1859); resumed agricultural pursuits in Decatur County; died in
Greensburg, Ind., December 5, 1886; interment in South Park
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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