Background
Tracy, Uriah was born on February 2, 1735 in Norwich, Connecticut, United States. Son of Eliphalet and Lucy (or Sarah) (Manning) Tracy.
Tracy, Uriah was born on February 2, 1735 in Norwich, Connecticut, United States. Son of Eliphalet and Lucy (or Sarah) (Manning) Tracy.
Graduated from Yale, 1778.
Admitted to Connecticut bar, 1781. States attorney for Litchfield County (Connecticut), 1794-1799. Member Connecticut House of Representatives, 1788-1793 speaker, 1793.
Served as major general Connecticut Militia.
Member United States House of Representatives from Connecticut, 3d, 4th congresses, 1793-October 1796. Member United States Senate from Connecticut, October 1796-July 1807, president pro tem., 1800, known as agile politician, respected by Federalist colleagues.
Author: (brochure) Reflections on Monroe’s View of the Conduct of the Executive, circa 1798.
Member Connecticut House of Representatives, 1788-1793 speaker, 1793. Member United States House of Representatives from Connecticut, 3d, 4th congresses, 1793-October 1796. Member United States Senate from Connecticut, October 1796-July 1807, president pro tem., 1800, known as agile politician, respected by Federalist colleagues.
Married Susan (or Susannah) Bulletin, 5 children.