Phineas L. Tracy

Phineas L. Tracy
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's29thdistrict
In office November 5, 1827 – March 3, 1833
Preceded by	David Ellicott Evans
Succeeded by	George W. Lay
Personal details
Born	December 25, 1786 Norwich,Connecticut, U.S.
Died	December 22, 1876 (aged 89) Batavia,New York, U.S.
Political party	Anti-Jacksonian(1827-1829) Anti-Masonic(1829-1833)

Phineas Lyman Tracy(December 25, 1786 – December 22, 1876) was aU.S. RepresentativefromNew York,brother ofAlbert Haller Tracy.

Born inNorwich, Connecticut,Tracy graduated fromYale Collegein 1806. He engaged in teaching for two years. He studied law. He wasadmitted to the barin 1811 and commenced practice in the village ofMadison, New York. He moved to Batavia, Genesee County, about 1815 and continued the practice of law.

Tracy was elected to theTwentiethCongress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofDavid E. Evans. He was reelected as an Anti-Masoniccandidate to theTwenty-firstandTwenty-secondCongresses and served from November 5, 1827, to March 3, 1833.

He was apresidential electoron theWhigticket in1840,voting forWilliam Henry HarrisonandJohn Tyler.

He was appointed presiding judge of Genesee County Court in 1841, and continued in that office until 1846, when he retired from public life. He died inBatavia, New York,December 22, 1876. He was interred inBatavia Cemetery.

See also

• Fellows v. Blacksmith

References

• United States Congress."Phineas L. Tracy (id: T000346)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.