James H. Brady

James Henry Brady (June 12, 1862 – January 13, 1918) was a Republican politician from Idaho. He served as the state's eighth governor from 1909 to 1911 and a United States Senator for nearly five years, from 1913 until his death.

James H. Brady
United States Senator from Idaho
In office February 6, 1913 – January 13, 1918
Preceded by	Kirtland I. Perky
Succeeded by	John F. Nugent
8th Governor of Idaho
In office January 4, 1909 – January 2, 1911
Lieutenant	Lewis H. Sweetser
Preceded by	Frank R. Gooding
Succeeded by	James H. Hawley
Personal details
Born	June 12, 1862 Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Died	January 13, 1918 (aged 55) Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Mountain View Cemetery Pocatello, Idaho
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Sarah H. Haines (widowed), Irene Moore
Residence	Pocatello, Idaho
Alma mater	Leavenworth Normal College
Profession	Real estate

Biography

Born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania on June 12, 1862. Brady moved with his parents to Johnson County, Kansas in 1865. He was educated in public schools, and graduated from Leavenworth Normal College in Kansas.

Brady worked in the real estate business, and as editor of a newspaper. He moved to Idaho in 1895, and worked in the water power and irrigation industries.

Brady was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1900, and chairman of the Idaho Republican Party in 1904 and 1908.[1][2] He was named a delegate to the Republican National Committee again in 1908 and 1916.[3]

Brady was elected governor in 1908, but lost his bid for re-election in 1910, and returned to the private sector until he was elected to the U.S. Senate in January 1913, elected by the Idaho Legislature to replace Kirtland I. Perky in the Senate, who was appointed after Weldon Heyburns's death in October 1912. In 1914 Brady became the first elected to the Senate from Idaho by direct popular vote, defeating former Democratic Governor James H. Hawley and a handful of minor party candidates.[4]

While in office, Brady suffered a heart attack, and died two weeks later in Washington, D.C., on January 13, 1918.[5] He was cremated and his ashes deposited in the James H. Brady Memorial Chapel in Mountain View Cemetery in Pocatello.[4][6]

Legacy

Brady's great-grandson, Jerry Brady, was the 2002 and 2006 Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Idaho.

See also

• National Irrigation Congress
• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References

1. "Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details". bioguideretro.congress.gov. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
2. Humanities, National Endowment for the (September 3, 1908). "Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, September 03, 1908, Image 1". Lewiston Evening Teller. ISSN 2381-2966. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
3. "Idaho Governor James Henry Brady". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
4. "James H. Brady". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 19, 2010. ... a Senator from Idaho; born in Indiana County, Pa., June 12, 1862; moved with his parents to Johnson County, Kans., in 1865 ... was cremated and the ashes were deposited in the James H. Brady Memorial Chapel in Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho.
5. "James H. Brady. Born in 1861. Died Jan. 13, 1918. Member from Idaho Is the Victim of Week's Illness". Chicago Tribune. January 14, 1918. Retrieved October 19, 2010. Senator James H. Brady of Idaho died at his home here tonight from heart disease. He suffered an acute attack a week ago yesterday, while on his way to Washington from Idaho.
6. Brown, Ashmun (January 14, 1918). "Senator Brady of Idaho is dead". Spokesman-Review. p. 1.

External links

United States Congress. "James H. Brady (id: B000753)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

• James H. Brady at Find a Grave
• James H. Brady, late a senator from Idaho, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1920