Albert H. Tracy

Albert Haller Tracy (June 17, 1793 Norwich, New London County, Connecticut - September 12, 1859 Buffalo, Erie County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Dr. Philemon Tracy (1757–1837, a physician) and Abigail (Trott) Tracy. He pursued classical studies, and later studied medicine. In 1811, he removed to New York, where he abandoned medicine and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1815, and commenced practice in Buffalo. Tracy married and had two sons: Albert Haller Tracy (b. 1834) and Francis Walsingham Tracy (b. 1839).

Tracy was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 16th, 17th and 18th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1825. He was Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (17th Congress). In February 1825, Tracy was brought forward as a compromise candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, and was nominated by resolution in the State Senate, but the different majority in the State Assembly refused to concur, and nobody was elected.

In March 1826, Tracy was appointed as Judge of the Eighth Circuit Court, but declined to take office. He was an Anti-Masonic member of the New York State Senate (8th D.) from 1830 to 1837, sitting in the 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th and 60th New York State Legislatures.

Congressman Phineas L. Tracy was his brother.

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1818
• United States Senate election in New York, 1825/1826#Result 1825, no choice

Sources

• Albert H. Tracy at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 71, 128ff, 146 and 356; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• Genealogy of the Family of Lt. Thomas Tracy, of Norwich Connecticut by Matilda O. Abbey (pages 101, 118ff and 125) [gives September 12 as death date]