OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Benjamin Franklin Tracy

BORN:
April 26, 1830;
Oswego, New York

DIED:
August 6, 1915 (age 85)
New York, New York

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1851:
Admitted to the Bar
1853-1859:
District Attorney; Tiago County, New York
1862-1865:
Served in Union Army
1862:
Member, New York State Assembly
1866-1873:
U.S. District Attorney, Eastern District of New York
1881 to 1883
Judge, New Y0rk State Court of Appeals. 
1889-1893:
U.S. Secretary of the Navy
1893:
Resumed Practicing Law in New York 
1895:
Received Congressional Medal of Honor for his service in the Battle of Wilderness 
1897:
Unsuccessful Republican Candidate for Mayor of New York, NY
1899:
Counsel for Venezuela before the Anglo-Venezuelan Boundary Arbitration Commission

RESOURCES:
U.S. Navy
Papers (Library of Congress)
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

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