John Green Brady

John Green Brady

John (James) Green Brady (May 25, 1847 – December 17, 1918) was an American politician who was the Governor of the District of Alaska from 1897 to 1906, when he was forced to resign due to his involvement with the fraudulent Reynolds–Alaska Development Company. He was born in New York City.

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