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2 unusual facts about George K. Brady


George K. Brady

He was the son of Jasper Ewing Brady, a lawyer who later served as a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and whose uncles included noted Indian fighters Samuel Brady and Hugh Brady.

He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the 17th Infantry in March 1891 and commanded that regiment at Fort D. A. Russell.


Anthony N. Brady

Brady partnered with leading East Coast business tycoons such as Thomas Edison, William C. Whitney, P. A. B. Widener and Thomas F. Ryan in various business ventures including the Electric Vehicle Co., initially a motorized taxicab business that evolved into Maxwell Automobile Co..

Believe Me, Xantippe

The film is based on a 1913 William A. Brady-produced play by John Frederick Ballard, Believe Me Xantippe, which on the Broadway stage had starred John Barrymore.

Charles Brady

Charles E. Brady, Jr. (1951–2006), American physician and NASA astronaut

Complete Auto Transit v. Brady

Complete Auto was an auto transporter involved in moving General Motors vehicles from the railhead at Jackson, Mississippi to dealerships in Mississippi.

George Brady

George F. Brady (1867–?), United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient

George Burgess

George K. Burgess (1874–1932), American physicist, scientific writer and translator, expert on metallurgy

George Cockerill

Sir George K. Cockerill (1867–1957), British Army officer and Conservative Member of Parliament for Reigate 1918–1931

George Gay

George K. Gay (1810–1882), Oregon pioneer who participated in the Provisional Government

George K. Anderson

He later graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School and Tulane University.

George K. Arthur

He won an Academy Award for Best Short Film in 1956 for the film The Bespoke Overcoat.

George K. Cockerill

At the December 1910 general election he stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate in the Thornbury division of Gloucestershire.

George K. Denton

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress.

George K. Hollister

Traveling to Ireland with Olcott's crew that included leading lady and principal screenwriter, Gene Gauntier, and actor Robert Vignola, George Hollister shot The Lad From Old Ireland plus a number of film shorts in Blarney Castle, Glengarriff and at the Lakes of Killarney.

George K. James

George Kepford 'Lefty' James (Lower Allen, Penn., Apr. 12, 1905 - Sarasota, Fla., Jan. 9, 1994) was an American football head coach at Cornell University from 1947 to 1960.

His former quarterback, Peter Dorset, was coaching small-fry football in Cortland, New York, when he spotted Gary Wood as a potential Cornell players.

George K. Sanderson

His father John P. Sanderson was already a lieutenant colonel of this regiment serving form from May 14, 1861 until July 4, 1863.

Captain Sanderson was transferred to 33rd U.S. Infantry 21 Sept 1866 and served as Acting Assistant Adjutant-General (AAAG), on the staff of Brevet Major General Pope commanding, Third Military District, at Headquarters (Atlanta, Georgia).

George Miley

George K. Miley, physicist, professor of astronomy at Leiden University, see Meanings of minor planet names: 6001–6500

Gordon L. Brady

He has published more than 70 papers and 3 books, including Government: Whose Obedient Servant? A Primer on Public Choice. With Arthur Seldon and Gordon Tullock (2000), On the Trail of Homo Economicus: Essays by Gordon Tullock Edited with Robert Tollison (1994) and Duncan Black: Selected Works of the Unpublished Legacy Edited with Gordon Tullock (1995).

James H. Brady

He was educated in public schools, and graduated from Leavenworth Normal College in Kansas.

John R. Brady

President James A. Garfield died over two months after he was shot by an assassin, Charles Guiteau.

Joseph Brady

Joseph V. Brady (1922–2011), behavioral neuroscientist at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in the United States

Katharine Alexander

She was married to William A. Brady Jr. (1900–1935), the son of William A. Brady and actress Grace George.

Miss Louisiana USA

Her father was Louisiana State Representative Thomas "Bud" Brady.

Patrick Brady

P. J. Brady (1868–1943), Irish nationalist MP in the United Kingdom Parliament for Dublin St Stephen's Green

Richard M. Brewer

The confirmed killings claimed to have been carried out by the Regulators during Brewer's period as leader were those of Sheriff William Brady, William Morton, deputy George W. Hindman, lawman/outlaw Frank Baker, Buckshot Roberts, and fellow Regulator William McCloskey, whom the Regulators believed to have betrayed them.

Roger A. Brady

Since retirement, he has served on the board of trustees for Mid-Atlantic Christian University.

Standard Steel Car Company

Established in 1902 in Butler, Pennsylvania by John M. Hansen and "Diamond Jim" Brady, the company quickly became one of the largest builders of steel cars in the United States.

Star route scandal

Garfield's investigation revealed among the major players involved were some of the large contractors, the ex-US Representative Bradley Barlow of Vermont, the Second Assistant Postmaster-General, Thomas J. Brady, some of the subordinates in the department, and Arkansas Senator Stephen W. Dorsey, who became Secretary of the Republican National Committee during James A. Garfield's 1880 presidential campaign.

The Crown

This practice of using the seat of sovereignty as the injured party is analogous with criminal cases in the United States, where the format is "the People" or "the State v. defendant" (e.g., People of the State of New York v. LaValle or Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Brady) under the doctrine of popular sovereignty.

Thomas Brady

Thomas J. Brady (1839–1904), American Civil War general and Second Assistant Postmaster General

Thomas J. Brady

Brady served with that regiment until 1863, when he was promoted to colonel of the 140th Indiana Infantry Regiment.

Wright Lorimer

Lorimer committed suicide in 1911 despondent over a contract and proceeds of The Shepherd King with producer William A. Brady.


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