Henry Wells Tracy
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Henry Wells Tracy | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th district | |
In office March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | |
Preceded by | Philip Johnson |
Succeeded by | Ulysses Mercur |
Personal details | |
Born | September 24, 1807 Ulster Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | April 11, 1886(1886-04-11) (aged 78) Standing Stone Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Resting place | Wysox, Pennsylvania |
Political party | Independent Republican |
Education | Angelica Seminary |
Henry Wells Tracy (September 24, 1807 – April 11, 1886) was an Independent Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Formative years
[edit]Henry W. Tracy was born in Ulster Township, Pennsylvania on September 24, 1807. He attended the Angelica Seminary in Allegany County, New York.
Career
[edit]Tracy studied law, engaged in mercantile pursuits and as a road contractor in Standing Stone, Pennsylvania, Havre de Grace, Maryland, and Towanda, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1861 and 1862.
Tracy was elected as an Independent Republican to the Thirty-eighth Congress. He served as collector of the port of Philadelphia in 1866. He resumed mercantile pursuits.
Death and interment
[edit]Tracy died at Standing Stone in 1886, aged 78. He was interred in the Brick Church Cemetery in Wysox, Pennsylvania.
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress. "Henry Wells Tracy (id: T000345)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district 1863–1865 |
Succeeded by |
- 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 legislators