John Green Brady
| John Green Brady | |
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| 5th Governor of District of Alaska | |
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In office July 15, 1897 – March 2, 1906 |
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| Nominated by | William McKinley |
| Preceded by | James Sheakley |
| Succeeded by | Wilford Bacon Hoggatt |
| Personal details | |
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May 25, 1847 New York City |
| Died | December 17, 1918 (aged 71) Sitka, Territory of Alaska |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Jane Patton |
John (James) Green Brady (May 25, 1847 – December 17, 1918) was an American politician who was the Governor of the District of Alaska from 1897 to 1906, when he was forced to resign due to his alleged involvement with the fraudulent Reynolds–Alaska Development Company. Brady was later exonerated.
John Green Brady was born in New York City. Upon the death of his mother, his father re-married. Brady did not get along well with his step-mother, and at the age of eight ran away from home to avoid beatings from his drunken father. He was found living on the streets of New York City by Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. a well-known and popular New York City philanthropist and the father of future US 26th President, Theodore Roosevelt. Many years later, as an adult, Brady would approach the younger Theodore Roosevelt then governor of New York, in 1900, at a conference in Portland, Oregon, warmly shake his hand and tell him the following story:
Brady was at the House of Refuge on Randall's Island when he learned about the Orphan Train. The eleven-year-old Brady declared himself to be an orphan and, on August 2, 1859, boarded a train bound for Indiana. Over the course of the week-long journey Brady forged what would be a lifelong friendship with Andrew Burke, another boy his age from Randall’s. The boys got off the train at Noblesville, Indiana where they were taken to “Aunt” Jenny Fergusson’s hotel, fed and, in turn, put on display for prospective adopters.
Brady went to live with the family of John Green, of Tipton County, Indiana. Judge John Green recalled, “I decided to take John Brady home with me because I considered him the homeliest, toughest, most unpromising boy in the whole lot. I had a curious desire to see what could be made of such a specimen of humanity.” He attended Yale University and graduated in 1874.
Brady married Elizabeth Jane Patton in 1887 in Sitka, Alaska. Children: John Green Brady Jr., Hugh P. Brady, Sheldon Jackson Brady, Mary Anna Brady and Elizabeth P. Brady.
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