Albert H. Tracy

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Albert Haller Tracy (born June 17, 1793 in Norwich , Connecticut , † September 19, 1859 in Buffalo , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1819 and 1825 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives . Congressman Phineas L. Tracy was his brother.

Career

Albert Haller Tracy was born in New London County about ten years after the Revolutionary War ended . He pursued classical antiquity . Then he studied medicine . In 1811 he moved to New York. He gave up medicine and studied law . After receiving his license to practice bar in 1815, he began practicing in Buffalo.

As an opponent of an overly strong central government, he joined the Democratic-Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson at that time . In the congressional elections of 1818 for the 16th Congress , Tracy was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 21st  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Nathaniel Allen and John Canfield Spencer on March 4, 1819 , which previously together represented the 21st district in the US House of Representatives. He was re-elected once. As a result of a fragmentation of the Democratic Republican Party before and during the presidency of John Quincy Adams (1825-1829), he joined the Adams-Clay faction. In 1822 he ran in the 30th constituency of New York. After a successful election, he took up service in the US House of Representatives on March 4, 1823 as the first representative of the district. He retired from the after March 3, 1825 Congress of. During his time in Congress he chaired the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department ( 17th Congress ).

He served in the New York Senate between 1830 and 1837 . In 1839 he ran unsuccessfully as a Whig candidate for the US Senate . He died on September 19, 1859 in Buffalo.

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SURNAME Tracy, Albert H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tracy, Albert Haller
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH Norwich , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 1859
Place of death Buffalo , New York