The Political Graveyard: Coudert-Tracy family of New York

Coudert-Tracy family of New York

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Benjamin Franklin Tracy (1830-1915) — also known as Benjamin F. Tracy — of Tioga County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., April 26, 1830. Great-grandfather of Frederic René Coudert, Jr.. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Tioga County, 1862; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1866-77; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1881-83; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1889-93; Presidential Elector for New York, 1896; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1897. Received the Medal of Honor in 1895 for action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. Died August 6, 1915. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Frederic René Coudert (1832-1903) — also known as Frederic R. Coudert — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 1, 1832. Son of Charles Coudert; married to Elizabeth McCredy; grandfather of Frederic René Coudert, Jr.. Democrat. Lawyer; government director, 1885-88, and receiver, 1892-98, of Union Pacific Railroad; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896. Catholic. French ancestry. Died, from heart and liver troubles, in Washington, D.C., December 20, 1903. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
Frederic René Coudert, Jr. (1898-1972) — also known as Frederic R. Coudert, Jr. — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 7, 1898. Great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin Tracy; grandson of Frederic René Coudert; son of Frederic R. Coudert (c.1871-1955) and Alice T. (Wilmerding) Coudert; married 1923 to Mary K. Callery (sculptor; divorced 1931); married 1931 to Paula Murray. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1956; member of New York state senate, 1939-46 (17th District 1939-44, 20th District 1945-46); U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1947-59; campaign chair for William F. Buckley, Jr.'s campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1965. Member, American Bar Association. Died, of congestive heart failure, in Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 21, 1972. Interment at Memorial Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
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