14 Facts About Uriah Tracy

Uriah Tracy was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut.

Uriah Tracy served in the US House of Representatives and the US Senate.

From May to November 1800, Tracy served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate.

Uriah Tracy's name is listed among those in a company from Roxbury that responded to the Lexington Alarm at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.

Uriah Tracy later served in the Roxbury Company as a clerk.

In 1778, Uriah Tracy graduated from Yale University, his contemporaries including Noah Webster.

Uriah Tracy was admitted to the bar in 1781 and then practiced law in Litchfield for many years.

Uriah Tracy had five children with Susannah Bull; Sally, Susan, Julia, George and Caroline.

Uriah Tracy resigned his seat when he was elected to the US Senate in place of Jonathan Trumbull Jr.

Uriah Tracy has the distinction of being the first member of Congress to be interred in the Congressional Cemetery.

Uriah Tracy's descendants include the mathematician Curtis Tracy McMullen and the author Jeanie Gould.

Uriah Tracy died in Washington, DCon July 19,1807 at the age of 52, of a long illness which caused dropsy.

Uriah Tracy was buried at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC.

Uriah Tracy's portrait, painted by Ralph Earl, is in the collection of the Litchfield Historical Society in Litchfield, Connecticut.