Education
Cady attended school at the Old Stone Manse at Fort Hunter, and graduated from Union College in 1808. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Johnstown, then the county seat of Montgomery County.
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Career
Cady was Town Clerk of Johnstown in 1814, 1816 and 1817. And a supervisor of Montgomery County from 1818 to 1822, and from 1826 to 1829. Cady was elected as an Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican to the 18th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1823, to March 4, 1825.
Afterwards he resumed the practice of law at Johnstown.
In 1838, Fulton County was split from Montgomery County, and Johnstown became the seat of the new county. Cady was District Attorney of Fulton County from 1840 to 1846.
He was Justice of the Peace of Johnstown in 1853. He was buried at the Johnstown Cemetery.
Membership
He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1822.
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United States