John R. Brady
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United States
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judge, a Justice of the New York Supreme Court
New York Supreme Court
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, and best known for administering the presidential oath of office to Chester A. Arthur
Chester A. Arthur
Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st President of the United States . Becoming President after the assassination of President James A. Garfield, Arthur struggled to overcome suspicions of his beginnings as a politician from the New York City Republican machine, succeeding at that task by embracing...
. Brady was born in New York City, and was a New York Supreme Court Justice from 1873 until his death.
Chester Alan Arthur
President James A. Garfield died over two months after he was shot by an assassin, Charles GuiteauCharles J. Guiteau
Charles Julius Guiteau was an American lawyer who assassinated U.S. President James A. Garfield. He was executed by hanging.- Background :...
. Arthur, then Vice President, became his successor. Brady swore in Arthur in Arthur's private apartment at 123 Lexington Avenue in New York City
New York City
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in the early hours of September 20, 1881. Arthur was, however, inaugurated again two days later (September 22) publicly on Capitol Hill by Chief Justice of the United States
Chief Justice of the United States
The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal court system and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Chief Justice is one of nine Supreme Court justices; the other eight are the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States...
Morrison R. Waite.
A three-quarter length seated portrait of Brady was painted in 1889 by the Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Müller-Ury
Adolfo Müller-Ury
Adolfo Muller-Ury was a Swiss-born American portrait painter and impressionistic painter of roses and still life.-Heritage and early life in Switzerland:...
(1862–1947). The New York Tribune
New York Tribune
The New York Tribune was an American newspaper, first established by Horace Greeley in 1841, which was long considered one of the leading newspapers in the United States...
, March 13, 1889 commented on this picture that '...The oil painting is an admirable work of art and a striking likeness of the original.' The Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Ducey, of St. Leo’s Roman Catholic Church, apparently presented the portrait to the American Bar Association
American Bar Association
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