James M. E. O'Grady

James Early Mary O'Grady ( born March 31, 1863 in Rochester, New York, † November 3, 1928 ) was an American politician. Between 1899 and 1901 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James O'Grady attended the public schools of his home. In 1885 he graduated from the University of Rochester. After studying law and in his admission to the bar he began working in Rochester in this profession. From 1887 to 1892 he was a member of the local Board of Education. Since 1891 he was president of that body. Politically, he joined the Republican Party. Between 1893 and 1898 he sat as an MP in the New York State Assembly.

In the congressional elections of 1898 O'Grady was in the 31 electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Henry C. Brewster on March 4, 1899. Since he resigned in 1900 to another candidacy, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1901. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on November 3, 1928 in Rochester, where he was also buried.