Phineas L. Tracy

Phineas Lyman Tracy ( born December 25, 1786 in Norwich, Connecticut, † December 22, 1876 in Batavia, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1827 and 1833 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Phineas Tracy was the older brother of Congressman Albert H. Tracy ( 1793-1859 ). In 1806 he graduated from Yale College. After that, he taught for two years as a teacher. After studying law and his 1811 was admitted to the bar he began to work in this profession in Madison in New York State. Around the year 1815 he moved his residence and his law firm to Batavia. Politically, he was a member of the short-lived Anti- Masonic Party.

Following the resignation of Mr David Ellicott Evans Tracy was at the due election for the 29th seat from New York as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 5 November 1827. After two re- elections he could remain until March 3, 1833 in Congress. Since the inauguration of President Andrew Jackson in 1829, was discussed inside and outside of Congress vehemently about its policy. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President.

In 1832, Tracy gave up another Congress candidate. Between 1841 and 1846 he was Chief Judge of the District Court in Genesee County. Then he withdrew into retirement. He died on December 22, 1876, three days before his 90th birthday, in Batavia, where he was also buried.