Henry Wells Tracy

Henry Wells Tracy

Henry Wells Tracy (born September 24, 1807 in Ulster , Bradford County , Pennsylvania , †  April 11, 1886 in Standing Stone , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1863 and 1865 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Tracy attended preparatory schools and then Angelica Seminary in New York State . He then studied law. However, it is not known whether he ever practiced as a lawyer. In the following years he worked in various cities in Pennsylvania and Maryland in trade and road construction. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party . In May 1860, he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago , at which Abraham Lincoln was nominated as a presidential candidate. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1861 and 1862 .

In the 1862 congressional election , Tracy was elected as an independent Republican in the 13th  constituency of Pennsylvania to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Democrat Philip Johnson on March 4, 1863 . Until March 3, 1865, he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . This was shaped by the events of the civil war .

In 1866, Henry Tracy became head of the Tax Department in the Port of Philadelphia . Then he worked in trade. He died in Standing Stone on April 11, 1886.

Web links

• Henry Wells Tracy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry Wells Tracy in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Philip Johnson	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (13th constituency) March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1865	Ulysses Mercur