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Andrew Tracy
Member of the
United States House of Representatives
from Vermont's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Preceded byWilliam Hebard
Succeeded byJustin Smith Morrill
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1833–1837
Personal details
Born(1797-12-15)December 15, 1797
Hartford, Vermont, U.S.
DiedOctober 28, 1868(1868-10-28) (aged 70)
Woodstock, Vermont, U.S.
Resting placeRiver Street Cemetery in Woodstock
Political partyWhig Party
Alma materDartmouth College
ProfessionPolitician, Teacher, Lawyer

Andrew Tracy (December 15, 1797 – October 28, 1868) was an American politician, teacher and lawyer. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont for one term from 1853 to 1855.

Early life[edit]

Tracy was born in Hartford, Vermont, to James Tracy and Mercy Richmond Tracy. He attended Royalton and Randolph Academies, before attending Dartmouth CollegeinHanover, New Hampshire, for two years.[1] He taught school, studied law with George E. Wales, and was admitted to the bar in 1826.[2] He began the practice of lawinQuechee, Vermont, and in 1838 moved to Woodstock, Vermont, where he continued to practice law.[3]

Political career[edit]

Tracy was member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1833 until 1837.[4] He served in the Vermont Senate in 1839[5] and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress. He was a member of the Vermont House again from 1843 until 1845, and served as speaker.[6] He was a Presidential Elector for Vermont in 1848.[7]

He was elected as a Whig candidate to the Thirty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1853, until March 3, 1855.[8] He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law.[9]

Death[edit]

Tracy died in Woodstock, Vermont, on October 28, 1868.

References[edit]

  1. ^ French, Warren C (1884). Biographical Sketch of Hon. Andrew Tracy: Read at the Annual Meeting of the Vermont Bar Association, at Montpelier, October 28, 1883. Vermont standard print. p. 5.
  • ^ "Andrew Tracy". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  • ^ Cass, Lewis (1891). History of Windsor county, Vermont. D. Mason & Co. p. 914.
  • ^ United States. Congress (2005). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005: The Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, from the First Through the One Hundred Eighth Congresses, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 2005. Government Printing Office. p. 2058. ISBN 9780160731761.
  • ^ Vermont. General Assembly. Senate (1836). Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont. Vermont. General Assembly. Senate. p. 7.
  • ^ "TRACY, Andrew, (1797 - 1868)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  • ^ "Tracy, Andrew (1797-1868)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  • ^ "Rep. Andrew Tracy". Govtrack.us. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  • ^ Tucker, William Howard (1889). History of Hartford, Vermont, July 4, 1761-April 4, 1889: The First Town on the New Hampshire Grants Chartered After the Close of the French War. Free Press Association. p. 382.
  • Further reading[edit]

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    Party political offices
    First Unionist nominee for Governor of Vermont
    1861
    Succeeded by

    None

    Political offices
    Preceded by

    Carlos Coolidge

    Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
    1842–1845
    Succeeded by

    Ebenezer N. Briggs

    U.S. House of Representatives
    Preceded by

    William Hebard

    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from Vermont's 2nd congressional district

    1853-1855
    Succeeded by

    Justin S. Morrill


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