Ernest Cady

Ernest Cady (September 6, 1842 – February 16, 1908) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 65th lieutenant governor of Connecticut from 1893 to 1895.

Early life Cady was born on September 6, 1842, in Stafford, Connecticut.

His maternal grandparents were John Taylor Greene and Eleanor (née Edson) Greene and he was descended from Nicholas Cady, the namesake of Cady Pond, who lived in Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1645.

In 1892, he was nominated as the Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, winning election in November 1892. Succeeding Republican James L. Howard, Cady served as the 65th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut under Governor Luzon B. Morris from 1893 to 1895, during which time he presided in the State Senate during the session of 1893 "with dignity and success, winning the admiration and esteem of both parties in the General Assembly." who would become the only member of the Democratic Party to hold the governorship of Connecticut between 1885 and 1911. He lost the election to the Republican Owen Vincent Coffin and was succeeded as Lt. Governor by Lorrin A. Cooke, who later became Governor after Coffin. Cady was also a prominent Freemason and a member of the Hartford Club. Together, they were the parents of two sons: and champion runner who went to London to represent the university and later worked for the Travelers Insurance Company. Charles Washburn Cady (1877–1900), who died during his junior year at Yale (class of 1901). He was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford.