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William Bradbury Small

William Bradbury Small served as a representative for New Hampshire (1873-1875).

  • Republican
  • New Hampshire
  • District 1
  • Former
Portrait of William Bradbury Small New Hampshire
Role Representative

Current assignment referenced in the congressional directory.

State New Hampshire

Representing constituents across the New Hampshire delegation.

District District 1

District insights and legislative focus areas.

Service period 1873-1875

Years of public service formally recorded.

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Biography

William Bradbury Small (May 17, 1817 – April 7, 1878) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.

Born in Limington in Massachusetts’ District of Maine, Small moved with his parents to Ossipee, New Hampshire. He attended the public schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1846, commencing practice in Newmarket, New Hampshire, and serving as solicitor of Rockingham County. He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1865 and served in the New Hampshire Senate in 1870.

Small was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1874. He resumed the practice of law and also engaged in banking. He died in Newmarket, New Hampshire, April 7, 1878, and was interred in Riverside Cemetery.

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