Charles Tracey (May 27, 1847 – March 24, 1905) was a

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Biography

Born in

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, Tracey graduated from The Albany Academy in 1866. He served in the

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between 1867 and 1870. He was appointed aide-de-camp to Governor Tilden of New York on January 1, 1877. He was appointed manager of the House of Refuge in

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, by Governor Cleveland and reappointed by David B. Hill in 1886. He engaged in the distilling business. Tracey was elected as a

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to the Fiftieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Nicholas T. Kane. He was reelected to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses and served from November 8, 1887, to March 3, 1895. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress and resumed business activities in Albany and

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. He died at

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, on March 24, 1905, and was interred in St. Agnes Cemetery,

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