Uri Tracy

Uri Tracy ( born February 8, 1764 in Norwich, Connecticut; † July 21, 1838 in Oxford, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. He represented 1805-1807 and 1809-1813 the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Uri Tracy, son of Mary Johnson and Daniel Tracy, was born during the British colonial period in Norwich and grew up there. In 1789 he graduated from Yale College. He then worked as a Presbyterian cleric and missionary among the Indians. He moved to Oxford in 1791. On August 28, 1793, he married Ruth Hovey, daughter of Lydia Haven and General Benjamin Hovey. The couple had five children together: Mary Tracy (1802-1868), Otis J. Tracy, Uri Tracy, Charles O. Tracy and Samuel Miles Tracy. He worked in 1794 as a First Principal at Oxford Academy. In 1798 he became the first sheriff in Chenango County - a position which he held until his resignation in August 1801. He was elected town clerk ( county clerk ). He held the post 1801-1815 at this time., He sat in 1803 in the New York State Assembly. Between 1802 and 1805 he was first postmaster in Oxford.

As opponents of a strong central government, he joined at that time, which was founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1804 for the 9th Congress he was in the 13th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took on March 4, 1805, the successor of Peter Swart. He retired after the March 3, 1807 out of the Congress. In 1808 he was a candidate in the 16th electoral district of New York for the 11th Congress. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1809, to succeed John Paterson. He was re-elected once and then retired after the March 3, 1813 from the Congress of.

On July 8, 1819 he was appointed First Judge in Chenango County. He held this post until his death on July 21, 1838 in Oxford. His body was then buried at the Riverview Cemetery.