John Tracy (politician)

John Tracy ( born October 26, 1783 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, † June 18, 1864 in Oxford, Chenango County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician, 1833-1838 Vice- Governor of the State of New York had.

Career

John Tracy moved at the beginning of the 19th century after Columbus (New York). In 1805 he came to Oxford, where he worked under Uri Tracy as Deputy Clerk and studied law with Stephen O. Runyan. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1808 and practiced in Oxford. On August 30, 1813, he married Susan Hyde in Franklin (Connecticut).

John Tracy was appointed in 1815 to the guardianship and estate Richter ( surrogates ) of Chenango County, a post he held four years. Then he decided to pursue a political career in 1820 when he successfully ran for a seat in the New York State Assembly. It was in 1821, 1822 and re-elected in 1826. Furthermore, he was re-elected in 1821 and surrogates was in 1823, the first judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He held these two positions until his retirement in 1833. During this time he was by the legislature in 1830 to a Regent of the University of New York appointed. Tracy held 1833-1838 the post of Lieutenant Governor of New York under Governor Marcy. Later he represented in 1846 as a delegate to the Chenango County in the Constitutional Convention of New York, where he was elected President of the Assembly. After the meeting, he retired from politics.

For years he was President of the Board of Trustees (English Board of Trustees ) at Oxford Academy.

Tracy passed away on June 18, 1864 at Oxford (New York) and was then buried there in the Riverview Cemetery. He is survived by his two daughters, Esther Marie Mygatt, widow of Henry R. Mygatt, and Susan Eliza Clarke, widow of James W. Clarke, as well as his grandchildren, John Tracy Mygatt May Mygatt and William R. Mygatt, a lawyer from Oxford ( New York).