James Adam Bradley (February 14, 1830 – June 6, 1921) was a wealthy Manhattan brush manufacturer, financier, member of the New Jersey Senate, philanthropist, and real estate developer.

Bradley converted from Catholic to Methodist, and was very close philosophically with the leaders of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association who ran the summer retreat on the New Jersey shore.

On January 24, 1871, Bradley acquired approximately 500 acres (2.0 km2) of land east of the New York and Long Branch railroad, between Wesley and Deal Lakes.

Constructed shortly after his death to mark the 50th anniversary of the city's founding, a campaign began in 2017 to remove the statue based on Bradley's history of instituting segregation on the beach and boardwalk that he owned.

Bradley was pressured into this by hotel owners and a campaign by the Asbury Park Daily Journal upon complaints of White visitors in 1885.

He felt that should Asbury Park remain integrated and cease to attract White visitors, economic ruin would result.