John W. Cary

John Watson Cary (February 11, 1817March 29, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 9th Mayor of Racine, Wisconsin, and was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography John Watson Cary was born in Shoreham, Vermont, the eighth of nine children born to Asa and Anna (Sanford) Cary. His family moved to western New York around 1831. He graduated from Union College and was admitted to the bar in 1844. He moved to Racine, Wisconsin, in 1850 and to Milwaukee in 1859. Cary died in Chicago's Victoria Hotel in 1895. Career Cary was a member of the Senate from 1853 to 1854 and was Mayor of Racine in 1857. He was a member of the Milwaukee City Council in 1868 and was elected to represent Milwaukee's first ward in the State Assembly in 1872. Cary was a Democrat.