Allen Alexander Bradford (July 23, 1815 – March 12, 1888) was an American attorney, judge, and politician from Colorado.

A native of Friendship, Maine, Bradford taught school while studying law, attained admission to the bar and practiced.

He served as clerk of the circuit court of Atchison County, Missouri, from 1845 to 1851, then moved to Iowa, where he was judge of the sixth judicial district from 1852 to 1855.

[1][2] He was raised on his family's farm, attended the local schools, and was a student at several academies in the Camden, Maine, area.

[2] After completing his education, he taught school while studying law in the Thomaston, Maine, office of Jonathan Cilley.

[2] In 1850, he made a California Gold Rush trip to the West Coast, but decided not to remain, and he returned to Missouri in 1851.