Andrew Tracy (December 15, 1797 – October 28, 1868) was an American politician, teacher and lawyer. He served as a
U.S. Representative from
Vermont
Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provin ...
.
Early life
Tracy was born in
Hartford, Vermont
Hartford is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. It is on the New Hampshire border, at the intersection of Interstates 89 and 91. It is the site of the confluence of the White and Connecticut rivers; the Ottauquechee River also flo ...
, to James Tracy and Mercy Richmond Tracy. He attended Royalton and Randolph Academies, before attending
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...
in
Hanover, New Hampshire
Hanover is a town located along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,870. The town is home to the Ivy League university Dartmouth College, the U.S. Army Corps of En ...
, for two years. He taught school, studied law with
George E. Wales, and was
admitted to the bar
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in 1826. He began the
practice of law
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in
Quechee, Vermont
Quechee is a census-designated place and one of five unincorporated villages in the town of Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 656. It is the site of Quechee Gorge on the Ott ...
, and in 1838 moved to
Woodstock, Vermont
Woodstock is the shire town (county seat) of Windsor County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 3,005. It includes the villages of Woodstock, South Woodstock, Taftsville, and West Woodstock.
History
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, where he continued to practice law.
Political career
Tracy was member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1833 until 1837. He served in the Vermont Senate in 1839 and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress. He was a member of the Vermont House again from 1843 until 1845, and served as speaker.
He was a Presidential Elector for Vermont in 1848.
He was elected as a Whig candidate to the Thirty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1853, until March 3, 1855. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law.
Death
Tracy died in Woodstock, Vermont, on October 28, 1868. He was interred in River Street Cemetery in Woodstock.
References
Further reading
* ''"History of Windsor county, Vermont"'' by Lewis Cass Aldrich, Frank R. Holmes, published by D. Mason & Co., 1891.
External links
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress*
Govtrack.us
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1797 births
1868 deaths
People from Hartford, Vermont
Vermont lawyers
Speakers of the Vermont House of Representatives
Members of the Vermont House of Representatives
Burials in Vermont
Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American lawyers