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Henry Wells Tracy (September 24, 1807 – April 11, 1886) was an Independent Republican member of the
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from
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Formative years

Henry W. Tracy was born in
Ulster Township, Pennsylvania Ulster Township is a township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 1,337 at the 2010 census. It was named after the province of Ulster in Ireland. Geography Ulster Township is located in ...
on September 24, 1807. He attended the Angelica Seminary in
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Career

Tracy studied law, engaged in mercantile pursuits and as a road contractor in Standing Stone, Pennsylvania,
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, and Towanda, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the
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. He was a member of the
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in 1861 and 1862. Tracy was elected as an Independent Republican to the Thirty-eighth Congress. He served as collector of the port of
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in 1866. He resumed mercantile pursuits.


Death and interment

Tracy died at Standing Stone in 1886, aged 78. He was interred in the Brick Church Cemetery in Wysox, Pennsylvania.


Sources


The Political Graveyard
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tracy, Henry Wells Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives People from Bradford County, Pennsylvania 1807 births 1886 deaths Pennsylvania Republicans Pennsylvania Independents Independent Republican members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century American politicians