Burt Duward Cady was an American

United States

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 politician

Politician

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 from the state of Michigan

Michigan

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Biography

Cady was born in Port Huron

Port Huron, Michigan

Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of St. Clair County. The population was 30,184 at the 2010 census. The city is adjacent to Port Huron Township but is administratively autonomous. It is joined by the Blue Water Bridge over the St. Clair River to Sarnia,...

, St. Clair County, Michigan

St. Clair County, Michigan

-Interstates:* I-69 enters the county from the west, coming from Lansing and Flint, terminating at the approach to the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron....

, July 25, 1874 where he would reside and become a lawyer

Lawyer

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. He was a member of Michigan State Senate 11th District, 1907-1908. He was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916 (alternate), 1920, and 1928 (alternate). Cady was Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party

Michigan Republican Party

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, 1919-1925.