He was born on November 5, 1863, in
Brooklyn,
New York state to Alfred Bedford of England. He married Edith Kinsman Clark on January 8, 1890, and had Alfred Cotton Bedford Jr. He was promoted from treasurer to president of the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey starting on December 22, 1916. He was made
chairman of the board on November 15, 1917, and
Walter Clark Teagle took over the presidency. He received the
Commandant of the Legion medal of
France in 1922. He died on September 21, 1925. He left an estate of $3,000,000 (). He was buried in
Green-Wood Cemetery in
Brooklyn, New York. His widow died in 1944. ==Publications==