Uriah Tracy
Uriah Tracy | |
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| President pro tempore of the United States Senate | |
| In office May 14, 1800 – November 16, 1800 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Livermore |
| Succeeded by | John E. Howard |
| United States Senator fromConnecticut | |
| In office October 13, 1796 – July 19, 1807 | |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Chauncey Goodrich |
| Member of theU.S. House of RepresentativesfromConnecticut'sAt-largecongressional district | |
| In office April 8, 1793 – October 13, 1796 | |
| Preceded by | Zephaniah Swift |
| Succeeded by | Samuel W. Dana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 2, 1755 Franklin,Connecticut Colony, British America |
| Died | July 19, 1807(aged 52) Washington, D.C.,U.S. |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Profession | Lawyer,Politician |
Uriah Tracy(February 2, 1755 – July 19, 1807) was an American lawyer and politician fromConnecticut.He served in theUS House of Representatives(1793 to 1796) and theUS Senate(1796 to 1807). From May to November 1800, Tracy served asPresident pro tempore of the United States Senate.
Early life and career
[edit]Tracy was born inFranklinin theConnecticut Colony.In his youth, he received a liberal education.[1]His name is listed among those in acompanyfromRoxburythat responded to theLexington Alarmat the beginning of theAmerican Revolutionary War.He later served in the Roxbury Company as aclerk[1]
In 1778, Tracy graduated fromYale University,his contemporaries includingNoah Webster.He was admitted to the bar in 1781 and then practiced law inLitchfieldfor many years.
Political career
[edit]He served in the state legislature in 1788 to 1793 and in theUS House of Representativesfrom April 8, 1793 to October 13, 1796 after he had been chosen as aFederalist.[2]
He resigned his seat when he was elected to theUS Senatein place ofJonathan Trumbull Jr.,who had resigned.[3]Tracy served until the time of his death inWashington, DCon July 19, 1807.
He has the distinction of being the first member of Congress to be interred in theCongressional Cemetery.[1]His descendants include the mathematicianCurtis Tracy McMullenand the authorJeanie Gould.[4]
In 1803, he and several other New England politicians proposed secession of New England from the union because of the growing influence of Jeffersonian Democrats that had been helped by theLouisiana Purchase,which they felt further diminished Northern influence.
Legacy
[edit]His portrait, painted byRalph Earl,is in the collection of the Litchfield Historical Society in Litchfield, Connecticut.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abc"Eyewitnesses Interred or Memorialized in the Congressional Cemetery"(PDF).Congressional Cemetery. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on September 10, 2008.RetrievedJuly 25,2008.
- ^"Sen. Uriah Tracy".Govtrack.us.RetrievedJanuary 1,2013.
- ^"Tracy, Uriah (1755-1807)".The Political Graveyard.RetrievedJanuary 1,2013.
- ^Tracy Genealogy
External links
[edit]- United States Congress."Uriah Tracy (id: T000348)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Portrait at the Litchfield Historical Society
- The Political Graveyard
- Govtrack.us
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