The NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series was first given in 1996.
Edward Green Bradford II -LRB- March 12 , 1848 -- March 30 , 1928 -RRB- was a United States federal judge .. United States federal judge. United States federal judge. Born in Wilmington , Delaware , Bradford received an A.B. from Yale University in 1868 and read law to enter the bar in 1870 .. Yale University. Yale University. read law. read law. He entered private practice in Wilmington , and was an attorney for the levy court commissioners , in New Castle County , Delaware .. He was a Representative in the Delaware House of Representatives from 1880 to 1881 , thereafter returning to private practice in Wilmington from 1881 until 1897 , when he served as a Delegate to the Delaware Constitutional Convention in 1897 .. Delaware House of Representatives. Delaware House of Representatives. On April 26 , 1897 , Bradford was nominated by President William McKinley to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by Leonard E. Wales .. William McKinley. William McKinley. United States District Court for the District of Delaware. United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Leonard E. Wales. Leonard E. Wales. Bradford was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 11 , 1897 , and received his commission the same day .. United States Senate. United States Senate. He served in that capacity until his retirement , on May 20 , 1918 .. He was in private practice in Wilmington from 1918 to 1928 .. He died in Clifton Heights , Pennsylvania .