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3 unusual facts about Daniel Cady


Daniel Cady

Cady presided over the New York electoral college which cast 35 votes for Fremont who lost the election to Democrat James Buchanan.

Cady was elected as a Federalist to the 14th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817.

As a young lawyer, he worked with such notables as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, and toward the end of his career, he served on a case with Abraham Lincoln, where they each represented clients in a land dispute associated with Beloit College.



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