John Tracy

John Tracy, 1856

John Tracy (* 26. October 1783 in Norwich , New London County , Connecticut ; † 18th June 1864 in Oxford , Chenango County , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician , the 1833-1838 Vice-Governor of the State of New York was.

Career

John Tracy moved to the beginning of the 19th century after Columbus (New York). In 1805 he came to Oxford, where he worked as Deputy Clerk under Uri Tracy and studied law with Stephen O. Runyan. He was admitted to the bar in 1808 and then practiced at Oxford. On August 30, 1813, he married Susan Hyde in Franklin, Connecticut.

John Tracy was appointed Guardianship and Probate Judge ( surrogate ) of Chenango County in 1815 , a post he held for four years. Then he decided to embark on a political career in 1820, when he successfully ran for a seat in the New York State Assembly . He was re-elected in 1821, 1822 and 1826. He was also re-elected as a surrogate in 1821 and was First Judge on the Court of Common Pleas in 1823 . He held these two posts until his resignation in 1833. During this time, he was appointed by the legislature in 1830 to a regent at the University of New York . Tracy held the post of Lieutenant Governor of New York under Governor Marcy between 1833 and 1838 . He later represented Chenango County as a delegate to the New York Constituent Assembly in 1846 , where he was elected President of the Assembly. After the meeting, he withdrew from politics.

For many years he was President of the Board of Trustees at the Oxford Academy.

Tracy died on June 18, 1864 near Oxford (New York) and was buried there in Riverview Cemetery . He left behind his two daughters, Esther Marie Mygatt, widow of Henry R. Mygatt, and Susan Eliza Clarke, widow of James W. Clarke, and his grandchildren, John Tracy Mygatt, Mai Mygatt and William R. Mygatt, an Oxford attorney ( New York).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Member of a board of directors of a university

Web links

• Chenango County biography (Engl.)
• The Political Graveyard (Engl.)
• Members of the Canal Commission, including its Vice-Governors (Engl.)