Ernest Cady

Ernest Cady (September 6, 1842 – February 16, 1908) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 65th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1893 to 1895.[1]

Ernest Cady
65th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
In office 1893–1895
Governor	Luzon B. Morris
Preceded by	Samuel E. Merwin
Succeeded by	Lorrin A. Cooke
Personal details
Born	September 6, 1842 Stafford, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	February 16, 1908 (aged 65) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Ellen Hyde
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Navy
Battles/wars	Civil War:  • Battle of Mobile Bay

Early life

Cady was born on September 6, 1842 in Stafford, Connecticut.[2] He was the second oldest of six children born to Garner Cady, Jr. (1805–1852), who was "killed in his prime by a runaway horse",[3] and Emily (née Greene) Cady (1813–1894).[3]

His maternal grandparents were John Taylor Greene and Eleanor (née Edson) Greene and he was descended from Nicholas Cady,[4] the namesake of Cady Pond, who lived in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1645.[3]

Career

During the U.S. Civil War, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and fought in the Battle of Mobile Bay. Following the end of the War, he returned to Connecticut, first Stafford then Hartford, and became a prominent manufacturer and capitalist,[2] as the president of Pratt & Cady Company.[5]

In 1892, he was nominated as the Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, winning election in November 1892. Succeeding Republican James L. Howard, Cady served as the 65th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut under Governor Luzon B. Morris from 1893 to 1895, during which time he presided in the State Senate during the session of 1893 "with dignity and success, winning the admiration and esteem of both parties in the General Assembly."[6] While in office, he was also one of the Water Commissioners in Hartford and was a "controlling spirit" in the Hartford Board of Trade.[6]

In 1894, at the end of his term as Lt. Governor, Cady was nominated as the Democratic nominee for governor of Connecticut to succeed Morris,[6] who would become the only member of the Democratic Party to hold the governorship of Connecticut between 1885 and 1911. He lost the election to the Republican Owen Vincent Coffin and was succeeded as Lt. Governor by Lorrin A. Cooke, who later became Governor after Coffin.[3]

He later served as a Trustee of the Society for Savings, a Director of the National Machine Company,[2] and was on the advisory board of the Board of Education of the Blind.[7] Cady was also a prominent Freemason and a member of the Hartford Club.[6]

Personal life

On January 16, 1871, Cady was married to Ellen E. Hyde (1843–1906).[3] Ellen was the daughter of Hannah Converse (née Young) Hyde and Ephraim H. Hyde, who served as President Pro Tempore of the Connecticut Senate as well as the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1867 to 1869.[8] Together, they were the parents of two sons:[3]

• Ernest Hyde Cady (1873–1965), a Yale graduate[9] and champion runner who went to London to represent the university and later worked for the Travelers Insurance Company.
• Charles Washburn Cady (1877–1900), who died during his junior year at Yale (class of 1901).[5]

Cady died of heart disease on February 16, 1908 and was found in the bathtub in his home in Hartford, Connecticut.[2] He was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford.

References

2. "DEATH OF ERNEST CADY; Was Elected Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1892" (PDF). The New York Times. February 17, 1908. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
3. Men of Progress. New England Magazine. 1898. p. 211. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
4. Allen, Orrin Peer (1910). Descendants of Nicholas Cady of Watertown, Mass. 1645-1910. Press of c. B. Fiske & Company. p. 396. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
5. Quindecennial Record of the Class of 1895 Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University. Class Secretaries Bureau through the Yale University Press. 1912. p. 22. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
6. "THE HEAD OF THE NEW TICKET. Career of Ernest Cady, Democratic Nominee for Governor of Connecticut" (PDF). The New York Times. September 26, 1894. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
7. Public Documents of the State of Connecticut. 1906. p. 737. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
8. Cutter, William Richard; Clement, Edward Henry; Hart, Samuel; Talcott, Mary Kingsbury; Bostwick, Frederick; Stearns, Ezra S. (1911). Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Lewis historical publishing Company. p. 951. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
9. Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Yale University ... Yale University. 1916. p. 362. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

External links

• Ernest Cady at Find a Grave