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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaRobert John TRACEWELL
(1852-1922)
TRACEWELL, Robert John, a
Representative from Indiana; born near Front Royal, Warren County,
Va., May 7, 1852; moved with his parents to Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., in 1854; attended the public schools of Corydon and
was graduated from Hanover (Ind.) College in 1874; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1875 and commenced practice in Corydon,
Ind.; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March
4, 1895-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; appointed by President McKinley
as Comptroller of the Treasury and served from March 4, 1897, to
June 15, 1914, when he resigned; moved to Evansville, Ind., in 1914
and resumed the practice of law; elected judge of the superior
court of Vanderburg County, Ind., in 1918; renominated in 1922, but
died in Evansville, Ind., on July 28, 1922, before the election;
interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Harrison County,
Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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