Education
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cary was educated in the public schools and Saint John"s Cathedral High School. He studied telegraphy and was employed as a telegraph operator 1883-1895.
United States representative politician
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cary was educated in the public schools and Saint John"s Cathedral High School. He studied telegraphy and was employed as a telegraph operator 1883-1895.
He engaged in the brokerage business 1895-1905. He served as sheriff of Milwaukee County from 1904 to 1906. Cary was elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1919).
He was elected as the representative of Wisconsin"s 4th congressional district.
On April 5, 1917, he was one of 50 representatives who voted against declaring war on Germany. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress.
He served as county clerk of Milwaukee County from 1921 to 1933. He died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 2, 1934 and is interred at Calvary Cemetery.
Cary was elected a member of the board of aldermen of Milwaukee in 1900 and was reelected in 1902 for the term ending in 1904.