Andrew Tracy
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Andrew Tracy was a United States Representative from Vermont
. He was born in Hartford, Vermont
. He attended Royalton and Randolph Academies, and also Dartmouth College
in Hanover, New Hampshire
for two years. He taught school, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Quechee, Vermont
. He moved to Woodstock, Vermont in 1838 and continued the practice of law.
Tracy was member of the Vermont House of Representatives
1833-1837. He served in the Vermont Senate
in 1839 and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress. He was again a member of the Vermont House of Representatives 1843-1845 and served as speaker. He was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress and resumed the practice of his profession. He died in Woodstock, Vermont in 1868 and was buried in Old Cemetery on River Street.
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
. He was born in Hartford, Vermont
Hartford, Vermont
Hartford is a town in Windsor County in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is located on the New Hampshire border, at the intersection of Interstates 89 and 91. It is the site of the confluence of the White River and the Connecticut River; the Ottauquechee River also flows through the town...
. He attended Royalton and Randolph Academies, and also Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
in Hanover, New Hampshire
Hanover, New Hampshire
Hanover is a town along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 11,260 at the 2010 census. CNN and Money magazine rated Hanover the sixth best place to live in America in 2011, and the second best in 2007....
for two years. He taught school, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Quechee, Vermont
Quechee, Vermont
Quechee is one of five unincorporated villages in the town of Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont. Quechee is also a census-designated place. It is the site of the Quechee Gorge on the Ottauquechee River and is also the home to the Quechee Lakes planned community initiated in the late 1960s, which...
. He moved to Woodstock, Vermont in 1838 and continued the practice of law.
Tracy was member of the Vermont House of Representatives
Vermont House of Representatives
The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members. Vermont legislative districting divides representing districts into 66 single-member districts and 42 two-member...
1833-1837. He served in the Vermont Senate
Vermont Senate
The Vermont Senate is the upper house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The Senate consists of 30 members. Senate districting divides the 30 members into three single-member districts, six two-member districts, three three-member districts, and one...
in 1839 and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress. He was again a member of the Vermont House of Representatives 1843-1845 and served as speaker. He was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress and resumed the practice of his profession. He died in Woodstock, Vermont in 1868 and was buried in Old Cemetery on River Street.