Frank A. Cady

This article is about the Wisconsin legislator. For the actor, see Frank Cady.

Frank Cady, Wisconsin businessman and legislator

Frank A. Cady (December 31, 1858 – March 30, 1904) was an American lawyer, real estate dealer and politician from Marshfield, Wisconsin who served as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Wood County from 1901 to 1904.[1][2]

Born in Newport, Wisconsin,[3] Cady was educated in the public schools in Kilbourn City, Wisconsin (now called Wisconsin Dells). In 1883, Cady received his law degree from University of Wisconsin Law School and then practiced law in Marshfield, Wisconsin and then Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. He killed himself by jumping from a third-floor veranda in Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he had gone because of his health.[3][4][5]

References

1. "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999 State of Wisconsin Legislative Bureau. Information Bulletin 99-1, September 1999. p. 35 Archived December 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
2. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1905, Biographical Sketch of Frank A. Cady, pp. 1111–1112.
3. "Frank A. Cady Takes His Life". Wisconsin State Journal. Marshfield, WI. March 31, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Frank Cady Dead". The Marshfield News and Wisconsin Hub. Marshfield, WI. March 31, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Memoirs of Milwaukee County: From the Earliest Times Down to the Present Including a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families in Milwaukee County, vol. 2, Jerome Anthony Watrous, Western Historical Company: 1909, Biographical Sketch of Frank A. Cady, pp. 642–643.