Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Rolland Barr Bradley

Full Name: Rolland Barr Bradley
Birth date: November 30, 1896
Death date: April 14, 1973

Terms of Service

House, 43rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/10/1933 - 1/8/1935
Democrat
House, 42nd Legislature
1/13/1931 - 1/10/1933
Democrat
House, 41st Legislature
1/8/1929 - 1/13/1931
Democrat

(1) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. Roland Bradley, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Roland Bradley, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Rolland Bradley, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Rolland Barr Bradley, birth date 11/30/1896 in Michigan, death date 4/14/1973 in Houston, Harris County, attorney, served in armed forces 1/2/1918-4/10/1919. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
United States Army, Private, World War I. Military grave marker, Rolland Barr Bradley, birth date 11/30/1896, death date 4/14/1973, burial in Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 2/5/1929, p. 10. Houston Post-Dispatch .
Mentioned as a leading opponent of anti-evolution bills in the 1920's, p. 58 (HB 97, 38th Legislature, R.S.; HB 378, 39th Legislature, R.S.; HB 90, 41st Legislature, R.S.). Ledbetter, Patsy. "Defense of the Faith: J. Frank Norris and Texas Fundamentalism, 1920-1929," Arizona and the West, Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring, 1973, pp. 45-62. JSTOR .
Memorial, June 1973, p. 603. Texas Bar Journal .