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{{Short description|American lawyer and politician}}
{{Infobox congressman
| name         = John W. Cady
| image        = 
| state        = [[New York (state)|New York]]
| district     = [[United States House of Representatives, New York District 16|16th]]
| term_start   = March 4, 1823
| term_end     = March 3, 1825
| preceded     = [[Joseph Kirkland (congressman)|Joseph Kirkland]]
| succeeded    = [[Henry Markell]] 
| office2      = Member of the [[New York State Assembly]] for [[Hamilton County, New York|Hamilton]] and [[Montgomery County, New York|Montgomery]] Counties
| term_start2  = July 1, 1821
| term_end2    = December 31, 1822
| birth_name   = John Watts Cady
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1790|6|28}}
| birth_place  = [[Florida, Montgomery County, New York|Florida, New York]]
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1854|1|5|1790|6|28}}
| death_place  = [[Johnstown (town), New York|Johnstown, New York]]
| spouse       = {{marriage|Maria Caroline Livingston<br>|October 18, 1813|December 15, 1836|reason=her death}}
| children     = 4
| party        = [[Democratic-Republican Party|Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican]]
| occupation   = Lawyer
| residence    = 
| alma_mater   = [[Union College]]
}}

'''John Watts Cady''' (June 28, 1790 – January 5, 1854) was an American lawyer and politician from [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name="bioguide">{{cite web|title=CADY, John Watts - Biographical Information|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000015|website=bioguide.congress.gov|publisher=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]|access-date=27 April 2018}}</ref>

==Early life==
Cady was born in [[Florida, Montgomery County, New York|Florida]], [[Montgomery County, New York]] on June 28, 1790.  He was one of eight children born to Ann ([[née]] Shuler) Cady and David Cady, who served in the [[American Revolutionary War]] as a Commissioner (or [[Paymaster]]) for service and was present at the surrender of [[John Burgoyne]].<ref name="Allen1910"/>  Judge [[Daniel Cady]], also a member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], was his uncle.<ref name="bioguide"/>

Cady attended school at the Old Stone Manse at [[Fort Hunter, New York|Fort Hunter]], and graduated from [[Union College]] in 1808, thereafter studying law.<ref name="bioguide"/>

==Career==
After being admitted to the bar, Cady commenced practice in Johnstown, then the county seat of [[Montgomery County, New York|Montgomery County]].<ref name="bioguide"/>

Cady was Town Clerk of Johnstown in 1814, 1816 and 1817; and a supervisor of Montgomery County from 1818 to 1822, and from 1826 to 1829.  He was a member of the [[45th New York State Legislature]] serving in the [[New York State Assembly]] from July 1, 1821, to December 31, 1822.<ref name="Hough1858">{{cite book|last1=Hough|first1=Franklin Benjamin|title=The New York Civil List: Containing the names and origin of the civil divisions, and the names and dates of election or appointment of the principal state and county officers from the Revolution to the present time|date=1858|publisher=Weed, Parsons and Co.|page=[https://archive.org/details/newyorkcivillis00houggoog/page/n97 71]|url=https://archive.org/details/newyorkcivillis00houggoog|access-date=27 April 2018|language=en}}</ref>

In November 1822, Cady was elected as an Adams-Clay [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] to the [[18th United States Congress]], holding office from March 4, 1823, to March 4, 1825. Afterwards, he resumed the practice of law at Johnstown. In 1838, Fulton County was split from Montgomery County, and Johnstown became the seat of the new county. Cady was District Attorney of Fulton County from 1840 to 1846.<ref name="bioguide"/>

He was [[Justice of the Peace]] of Johnstown in 1853.<ref name="bioguide"/>

==Personal life==
On October 18, 1813, he was married to Maria Caroline Livingston (1794–1833), the daughter of [[Livingston family|Beeckman Livingston]] and Catherine (née Marsh) Livingston. Maria was also the aunt of [[New York State Engineer and Surveyor]] [[Jonas Platt Goodsell]].<ref name="Holgate1851">{{cite book|last1=Holgate|first1=Jerome Bonaparte|title=American Genealogy: Being a History of Some of the Early Settlers of North America and Their Descendants, from Their First Emigration to the Present Time ...|date=1851|publisher=J. Munsell & Company|page=180|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUNnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA180|access-date=27 April 2018|language=en}}</ref>  Together, they were the parents of:
* Livingston Cady (1816–1846)<ref name="Allen1910"/>
* David B. Cady (1820–1895)<ref name="Allen1910"/>
* Anna Cady (b. 1822), who married Frederick Avery Pomeroy.<ref name="Allen1910"/><ref name="Whitman1941">{{cite book|last1=Whitman|first1=Roscoe Leighton|title=Kline and Young Families of the Mohawk Valley. Vol. 2|date=1941|page=58|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sh1WAAAAMAAJ|access-date=27 April 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Whitman">{{cite book|last1=Whitman|first1=Roscoe Leighton|last2=Bullock|first2=Jonathan Russell|title=History and Genealogy of the Ancestors and Some Descendants of Stukely Westcott: One of the Thirteen Original Proprietors of Providence Plantation and the Colony of Rhode Island|year=1932|publisher=Otsego Publishing Company|page=337|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ItYAAAAMAAJ|access-date=27 April 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* John Watts Cady, Jr. (1825–1859),w ho married Marianne Haines (d. 1892)<ref name="Allen1910"/>

Cady died on January 5, 1854 in [[Johnstown (town), New York|Johnstown]], [[Fulton County, New York]].  He was buried at the Johnstown Cemetery.<ref name="bioguide"/>

==References==
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==External links==
{{CongBio|C000015}}
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*[http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/genealogy/robert2.htm#gilbert Livingston genealogy]

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