Uri Tracy

Uri Tracy (born February 8, 1764 in Norwich , Colony of Connecticut , † July 21, 1838 in Oxford , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives between 1805 and 1807 and between 1809 and 1813 .

Career

Uri Tracy, son of Mary Johnson and Daniel Tracy, was born and raised in Norwich during the British colonial era. In 1789 he graduated from Yale College . He then worked as a Presbyterian cleric and missionary to the Indians . He moved to Oxford in 1791. On August 28, 1793, he married Ruth Hovey, daughter of Lydia Haven and General Benjamin Hovey. The couple had five children together: Mary Tracy (1802–1868), Otis J. Tracy, Uri Tracy, Charles O. Tracy, and Samuel Miles Tracy. He worked in 1794 as First Principal at the Oxford Academy . In 1798 he became the first sheriff in Chenango County - a position he held until his resignation in August 1801. He was elected town clerk ( county clerk ). He held the post between 1801 and 1815, during which time he was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1803 . Between 1802 and 1805 he was First Postmaster at Oxford.

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 1804 for the 9th Congress , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 13th constituency of New York , where he succeeded Peter Swart on March 4, 1805 . He retired from the after March 3, 1807 Congress of. In 1808 he ran in the 16th electoral district of New York for the 11th Congress . After a successful election, he succeeded John Paterson on March 4, 1809 . He was re-elected once and then left Congress after March 3, 1813.

On July 8, 1819, he was named First Judge in Chenango County. He held this post until his death on July 21, 1838 in Oxford. His body was then interred in Riverview Cemetery .

Web links

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

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lorna K. Hespeler: “Hon. Uri Tracy (February 08, 1774, August 01, 1838) “ , Family Tree Maker Online, Genealogy.com
2. ^ HJ Galpin: "Annals of Oxford, New York; With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Early Pioneers, ” Oxford, NY, 1906, ISBN 1-151-88872-9