12 Facts About Isaac Toucey

Isaac Toucey was an American politician who served as a US senator, US Secretary of the Navy, US Attorney General and the 33rd Governor of Connecticut.

Isaac Toucey married Catherine Nichols in Hartford on October 28,1827.

In 1822, Isaac Toucey was named prosecuting attorney of Hartford County, Connecticut.

Isaac Toucey served in that position until 1835, when he was elected to the 24th and 25th Congresses.

Isaac Toucey lost the election of 1838 and returned to his position as prosecuting attorney in 1842.

In 1845, Isaac Toucey ran for Governor of Connecticut and lost, but the Connecticut State Legislature appointed him to the position following the election in 1846.

Isaac Toucey was defeated in an attempt at re-nomination in 1847.

Isaac Toucey returned to Connecticut and took a place in the Connecticut Senate in 1850, and then in the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1852.

Isaac Toucey was elected to the US Senate for the term commencing March 4,1851, and served from May 12,1852, to March 3,1857, having that year declined to be a candidate for reelection.

James Buchanan, with whom Isaac Toucey had served in the Polk administration, appointed him US Secretary of the Navy in his Cabinet in 1857 as a sop to the Pierce faction as well as to represent New England in the Cabinet.

Isaac Toucey was then replaced by one of his chief rivals in Connecticut, Gideon Welles.

Isaac Toucey is interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut.