Phineas L. Tracy | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's29th district | |
| In office November 5, 1827 – March 3, 1833 | |
| Preceded by | David Ellicott Evans |
| Succeeded by | George W. Lay |
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| Born | December 25, 1786 Norwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | December 22, 1876 (aged 89) Batavia, New York, U.S. |
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Phineas Lyman Tracy (December 25, 1786 – December 22, 1876) was aU.S. Representative fromNew York, brother ofAlbert Haller Tracy.
Born inNorwich, Connecticut, Tracy graduated fromYale College in 1806.He engaged in teaching for two years.He studied law.He wasadmitted to the bar in 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 theTwentieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofDavid E. Evans.He was reelected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to theTwenty-first andTwenty-second Congresses and served from November 5, 1827, to March 3, 1833.
He was apresidential elector on theWhig ticket in1840, voting forWilliam Henry Harrison andJohn 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.
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