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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJohn Plank TRACEY
(1836-1910)
TRACEY, John Plank, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Wayne County, Ohio, September
18, 1836; attended the public schools of Ohio and Indiana; studied
law; taught school; moved to Missouri in 1858; enlisted as a
private in the Union Army March 1, 1862, and served until March 10,
1865, when he was mustered out with the rank of first lieutenant;
commissioned lieutenant colonel of Missouri Enrolled Militia in
April 1865; was admitted to the bar in May 1865 and commenced
practice in Stockton, Cedar County, Mo.; moved to Springfield,
Greene County, Mo., in 1874 and engaged in journalism; unsuccessful
candidate for railroad commissioner in 1878; commissioned United
States marshal for the western district of Missouri February 4,
1890, and served until March 4, 1894; 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; member of the State house of representatives in 1903 and
1904; superintendent of the Soldiers’ Home at St. James, Mo.,
in 1909 and 1910; engaged in newspaper work in Springfield, Mo.,
where he died July 24, 1910; interment in Hazelwood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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