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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.

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

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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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