Stephen D. Canady (March 3, 1865–August 23, 1923) was an American businessman and politician. Canady was born on a farm neat Litchfield, Illinois. He graduated from Litchfield High School in 1886. Canady lived in

Hillsboro, Illinois Hillsboro is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Illinois, Montgomery County, Illinois, United States. The population was 6,207 at the 2010 census. History The community was founded in 1823 and incorporated on March 26, 1913. Ther ...

with his wife and family. He was involved in the real estate and abstract businesses. He served as clerk of Hillsboro, Illinois and as deputy clerk for Montgomery County, Illinois. Canady was a Democrat. He served in the

Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...

from 1905 to 1909 and from 1911 to 1913. Canady then served in the

Illinois Senate The Illinois Senate is the Upper house, upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state, State of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adop ...

from 1913 to 1921. Canady died suddenly at the Hillsboro Hospital in Hillsboro, Illinois.'Former State Senator Canady Dies Suddenly,' The Mattoon Journal-Gazette, August 25, 1923, pg. 4

Notes

1865 births 1923 deaths People from Hillsboro, Illinois People from Litchfield, Illinois Businesspeople from Illinois Democratic Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives Democratic Party Illinois state senators {{Illinois-Ilrepresentative-stub