ALFRED M. BRANT, attorney and city solicitor for the corporation of Bradford, and vice-president of the First National Bank of that city, was born in Bradford, June 17, 1882, son of David and Rachel (Swank) Brant. When he was six years old he went to reside with an uncle, Israel Routson, who lived north of Bradford in the country, and who, being childless, prevailed upon Mr. and Mrs. Brant to allow him the custody of the child. Here young Brant attended the township schools and afterwards became a student at the Bradford High School. For three years subsequently he was engaged in the occupation, of teaching, during which time he prepared himself for admittance to the Ohio Northern University. From this latter institution he was later graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science, and from the Law School of the University with that of L. L. B. in June 1907. During the summer vacation of 1906 he read law under Prosecuting Attorney Yount, at Greenville, Darke County. After passing an excellent examination before the State Board of Bar Examiners, he was sworn in as an attorney-at-law before the Supreme Court of Ohio, June 18, 1907. Soon after he began the practice of his profession in Bradford, where he is now located. He was appointed city solicitor March 1, 1908, and was reappointed in the following year. Early in 1908 he was made a director and elected vice-president of the First National Bank of Bradford, being probably the youngest bank official in the entire state.

Mr. Brant has thus made an auspicious entry into life's battlefield and has already secured an honorable place in the rinks of brain-workers. With his native energy and mental equipment, his prospects for a successful career seem of the best, and those who know him feel sure that the honors he has already secured and the responsibilities he has assumed are but stepping-stones to greater honors and responsibilities awaiting him in the not distant future.

Mr. Brant's political creed identifies him in all essential respects with the Democratic party, but he reserves the right to act independently whenever he may see good cause. He is a member of the German Baptist Church.