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Bradford Leavitt

Rev. Bradford Leavitt (born 1868) was a Harvard-educated Unitarian minister named pastor of San Francisco's First Unitarian Church in 1900 – six years before the San Francisco earthquake. Leavitt served the church during and after the disaster, earning a reputation for effective leadership. During his time at First Unitarian, Leavitt also wrote editorials for ''The San Francisco Chronicle''. Later the activist Leavitt exposed corruption in San Francisco's government, resulting in the Mayor's conviction on corruption charges, as well as the resignation of the city's entire Board of Supervisors.
==Early years==

He was born Edwin Bradford Leavitt in Dorchester, Massachusetts, on June 4, 1868, to Col. Charles Bradford Leavitt and his wife Emma Louisa (Bates) Leavitt, and attended Hingham High School in Hingham, Massachusetts, the home of his Leavitt ancestors. Leavitt's father Col. Leavitt served during the American Civil War as an officer in the 70th U.S. Colored Infantry as well as the 12th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery, during which command he saw many engagements across the Deep South.〔(The Town of Hingham in the Late Civil War, Fearing Burr, George Lincoln, Published by Order of the Town, Hingham, 1876 )〕
His son Bradford graduated from Harvard College in 1881 with a degree in English composition and philosophy, and from Harvard Divinity School in 1893, after which he was invited to become minister of the Unitarian Church in Brattleboro, Vermont. Leavitt accepted, turning down an invitation from the First Parish in Concord, Massachusetts. "Youthful, brilliant, with a mind trained by keen scientific observation, his message could not have failed to capture the attention of his hearers," wrote Mary Rogers Cabot in her ''Annals of Brattleboro, 1681–1895''. Among Rev. Leavitt's earliest moves in his new ministry was helping found the Women's Alliance.〔(Annals of Brattleboro, 1681-1895, Vol. I, Mary Rogers Cabot, E.L. Hildreth & Co., Brattleboro, 1921 )〕
Leavitt served in Brattleboro until 1897, during which time he delivered sermons with titles like "Some Things which Astronomy Teaches about the Universe".〔(Vermont Public Documents 1893–1894, The Tuttle Company, Rutland, 1894 )〕
In 1897, Leavitt stepped down from his Brattleboro ministry when he was named pastor of First Unitarian Church, then known as All Souls' Church, in Washington, D.C., where he served three years.〔(Records of Columbia Historical Society of Washington, D.C., Vol. 13, Columbia Historical Society, Published by the Society, Washington, 1913 )〕 The church had been the worship place of several Presidents, and Leavitt's appointment was watched closely. In 1899 Leavitt delivered a eulogy to Vermont Senator Justin S. Morrill that demonstrated his lean speaking style, beginning with a simple sentence: "In moments of deepest emotion we are instinctively silent."〔(Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Justin S. Morrill (late a Senator from Vermont), Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1899 )〕
Leavitt's tenure at All Souls' began auspiciously. Nearly 1,000 worshippers regularly filled the church for two Sunday services, and the church found itself compelled to rent additional pews for the overflow.〔(The Unitarian, Vol. XII, Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott, George H. Ellis, Boston, 1897 )〕 Word of Leavitt's intellectual ministry and powerful speaking style spread.

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