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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkSidney Tracy HOLMES
(1815-1890)
HOLMES, Sidney Tracy, a
Representative from New York; born in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., August 14, 1815; moved with his parents to
Morrisville, Madison County, N.Y., in 1819; attended the public
schools and was graduated from Morrisville (N.Y.) Academy; taught
school; was engaged in civil engineering on the Chenango and Black
River Canals for five years; studied law; was admitted to the bar
in 1841 and commenced practice in Morrisville, N.Y.; loan
commissioner for Madison County 1848-1851; judge and surrogate for
Madison County 1851-1864; elected as a Republican to the
Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1866; resumed the practice of law in
Morrisville, N.Y., for a short time, and in Utica, N.Y., until
1872, when he moved to Bay City, Bay County, Mich., continuing the
practice of law; died in Bay City, Mich., January 16, 1890;
interment in Cedar Street Cemetery, Morrisville, N.Y.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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