Biography

1763 - 05/02/1839

James Young Brady (Democratic-Republican14) Armstrong, Indiana and Westmoreland Counties 1803-1805 (Constitutionalists (Quid14)) Armstrong, Indiana and Westmoreland Counties, 1805-1807 (Constitutionalists (Quid14)) Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, and Westmoreland Counties 1807-1811 (Democratic-Republican16) Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, and Westmoreland Counties 1811-1813 (Federalist16) 1813-1815

James Young Brady, born 1763, Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Province, British Colonial America; son of Hugh Brady and Jane Young Brady; married, Rachel Speer Brady,1785, children, Rachel, Jane and Hannah Brady; elected, Sheriff, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1794; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1799; elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1800-1802; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1803-1815; Speaker, 1805-1806; unsuccessful campaign, United Sates Senate, 1812; unsuccessful campaign, United Sates House of Representatives, 1814; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Treasurer, 1817; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Treasurer, Special Election, 1817; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Treasurer, 1818; appointed, Secretary of the Land Office, 1821-1824; died, May 2, 1839 (aged 75–76), Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; interment, Saint Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, Sheriff, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1794.

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Westmoreland County, 1799.

Elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Westmoreland County, 1800-1801.

Elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Armstrong and Westmoreland Counties, 1802.

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Armstrong, Indiana and Westmoreland Counties, 1803-1805; Speaker, 1805. 

Elected, Constitutionalists (Quid), Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Armstrong, Indiana and Westmoreland Counties, 1805-1807; Speaker, 1806. In the aftermath of the Burr-Hamilton duel, Brady and colleague Presley Lane lent substantial support to the passage of "An Act to restrain the horrid practice of dueling.'' Signed, Governor Thomas McKean, March 31, 1806. 

Elected, Constitutionalists (Quid), Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson and Westmoreland Counties, 1807-1811.

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 16th district Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson and Westmoreland Counties, 1811-1813.

Unsuccessful campaign, United Sates Senate, 1812.

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 16th district, Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson and Westmoreland Counties, 1813-1815; listed as a Democrat or a Quid prior to 1813 when newspapers began listing him as a Federalist. By 1815, his political transformation appears to have been generally accepted by Pennsylvania newspapers. It is uncertain exactly when this change took place. However, it is reflected in his independence as a voter and the Federalist support given him as a Senatorial candidate in December 1812 and his support of Samuel Sitgreaves, the Federalist candidate for the Senate in December 1814.

Unsuccessful campaign, United Sates House of Representatives, Pennsylvania 11th district, 1814.

Appointed, Governor Joseph Hiester, Secretary of the Land Office, 1821-1824.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

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Legacy:

Father, legendary "Indian fighter" General Hugh Brady.

First cousin of "Father of the United States Army'" General Hugh Brady, II.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members B". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Old and New Westmoreland, vol. IV, Fenwick Y. Hedley editor (New York: The American Historical Society, Incorporated, 1918), page 800; also: “General Hugh Brady,” 

Laws of Pennsylvania, February 24, 1806, pages 61-73.

Greensburg Gazette (Greensburg, Pennsylvania) May 10, 1839.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

Sen. James Young Brady (1763-1839) - Find a Grave Memorial