Charles Tracey

Charles Tracey ( born May 27, 1847 in Albany, New York, † March 24, 1905 in Watkins Glen, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1887 and 1895 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Tracey was born during the Mexican - American War in Albany. He graduated in 1866 at The Albany Academy. Between 1867 and 1870 he served in the Papal Zouaves in Rome. He was appointed on 1 January 1877 aide- de-camp of Governor Samuel J. Tilden. Governor Grover Cleveland appointed him head of the House of Refuge in Hudson and was then re-appointed by Governor David B. Hill, 1886. Tracey went to the production of alcohol. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

It was in 1887 in a special election for the 50th Congress in the 19th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, there to fill the vacancy that was created by the death of Nicholas T. Kane. In the following congressional elections of 1888 for the 51st Congress he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He was re-elected once. Then he ran in the 20th electoral district of New York for the 52nd Congress. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1893, the successor of John Sanford. Upon his re- re-election bid in 1894, he suffered a defeat and retired after the March 3, 1895 from the Congress of.

After his time Congress he resumed his business activities in Albany and Rochester. He died on March 24, 1905 in Watkins Glen in Schuyler County and was buried at the St. Agnes Cemetery in Albany.