J. Harold Grady

Joseph Harold Grady ( born February 27, 1917 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, † 9 January 2002 in Timonium, Maryland) was an American judge and politician of the Democratic Party, the three years mayor of Baltimore and longtime judge of the State Court of Maryland had.

Life

Grady was 1955 Attorney ( Prosecutor ) appointed by Baltimore in 1958 and re-elected to that office. Subsequently, he was invited in 1959 to run for the office of Mayor of Baltimore. This year he won the wave of political change a victory against the incumbent Mayor Thomas D' Alesandro longstanding, Jr. in the highly competitive area code (Primary) of the Democratic Party.

He then won in the general election against Mayor Theodore McKeldin, a former Republican mayor of Baltimore and former Governor of Maryland. The choice of Grady, who was supported by Irv Coven, also had historical consequences. It marked the end of the influence of James H. "Jack" Pollack on the political apparatus of the city, and the rise of Irv Coven to the " kingmaker ". After Grady and his followers Philip H. Goodman and Walter R. Graham, Jr. - known as the " Three G for good government " (, Three Gs for Good Government ') were popularly known - were chosen, this seems aroused that they are a few team.

Even before the end of the first year of Grady's tenure but it became clear that they were not working together. Goodman, the chairman of the City Council, and Graham, the auditor criticized that Grady is not denied to them on matters of importance, and practiced increasingly critical of the city administration. The financial problems of the city brought Grady in distress: To save budget, he concluded public baths and put the Park Police with the general police of Baltimore, the Baltimore Police Department, together. He also accelerated the process for the sale of public land and the construction of the Jones Falls Expressway and the Baltimore Civic Center, which later became Baltimore Arena. 1962 Grady resigned after only three years in office back as mayor and was succeeded by his intra-party rivals Philip H. Goodman.

Following Grady, who was also a member of the Knights of Columbus, was a judge of the Maryland County Court ( Supreme Bench of Baltimore City ) appointed and worked there until 1984, where he played from 1980 to 1984 as President of the Court (Chief Judge ) officiated.