Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature:Brothers: Phineas M. Casady; GAs 2, 3; Samuel H. Casady; GA 7
Jefferson P. Casady
Pottawattamie County
A native of Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana, was born on the 1st of September, 1828, and is the son of Simon Casady, a farmer by occupation. He is of Scotch-Irish descent, and until he attained his eighteenth year assisted his father in his farm work. He attended the common schools, and afterward pursued a course of academic studies. Finding in the law a wide field for the employment and cultivation of his best powers, he decided to fit himself for that profession, and accordingly began his studies while yet in his native town, and in 1852, after removing to the west, was admitted to the bar at Des Moines, Iowa. Removing to Council Bluffs in April of the following year (1853), he there formed a partnership with Mr. H. D. Johnson, and established himself in the practice of his profession. He also established a land agency, and engaged in the purchase and sale of real estate. As a lawyer, he soon became widely and favorably known, and in 1858 his fellow-citizens, recognizing his financial and judicial ability, elected him to the office of county judge. Judge Casady continued the office for two years and at the same time conducted his own private business, which, until the year 1868, consisted largely of real-estate operations. In the month of June 1856, he was married to Hannah Joiner. He was elected in 1868 to represent the counties of Pottawattamie, Mills, Fremont and Cass in the state senate for a term of four years. Judge Casady has always shown a worthy public spiritedness, and has heartily sympathized with all local improvements and enterprises. He has been especially active in railroad operations, and on the 13th of July, 1861, he was elected a director of the Council Bluffs and St. Joseph railroad, and afterward was elected president of the road. In political sentiment he is a democrat, and has taken an active part in the workings of that party. He has frequently been a delegate to the state conventions. In 1872 he was the candidate of his party for state auditor, and although he ran far ahead of his ticket, the state was so overwhelmingly republican that he was defeated. In his religious communion, Judge Casady is identified with the Presbyterian Church, and is a worthy member. He has three children, two Sons and one daughter.
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