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Coudert-Catlin-Tracy family of New York City, New York

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Benjamin F. Tracy 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. Republican. Lawyer; Tioga County District Attorney, 1853-59; member of New York state assembly from Tioga County, 1862; colonel 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; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; 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 in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., August 6, 1915 (age 85 years, 102 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Tracy; married 1851 to Delinda Catlin (sister of Isaac Swartwood Catlin); great-grandfather of Frederic René Coudert Jr..
  Political family: Coudert-Catlin-Tracy family of New York City, New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, November 1897
  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. 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 (age 71 years, 294 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Coudert; married to Elizabeth McCredy; grandfather of Frederic René Coudert Jr..
  Political family: Coudert-Catlin-Tracy family of New York City, New York.
  Isaac Swartwood Catlin (1835-1916) — also known as Isaac S. Catlin — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., July 8, 1835. Republican. Mayor of Owego, N.Y., 1860-61; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded during Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, Va., July 1864, and lost his right leg; received the Medal of Honor for his actions that day; lawyer; candidate for mayor of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1885. Suffered a stroke, and died a week later, in the Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 19, 1916 (age 80 years, 195 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Catlin and Jane (Brodhead) Catlin; brother of Delinda Catlin (who married Benjamin Franklin Tracy); married 1862 to Virginia H. S. Bacon.
  Political family: Coudert-Catlin-Tracy family of New York City, New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  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. 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 (age 74 years, 14 days). Interment at Memorial Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Frederic R. Coudert and Alice T. (Wilmerding) Coudert; married 1923 to Mary K. Callery; married 1931 to Paula Murray; father of Paula Murray Coudert (who married William Rand Jr.); grandson of Frederic René Coudert; great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin Tracy.
  Political family: Coudert-Catlin-Tracy family of New York City, New York.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Rand Jr. (b. 1926) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 11, 1926. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1962; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1964. Protestant. Member, American Bar Association. Still living as of 1967.
  Relatives: Son of William Rand and Barbara (Burr) Rand; married, August 31, 1957, to Paula Murray Coudert (daughter of Frederic René Coudert Jr.).
  Political family: Coudert-Catlin-Tracy family of New York City, New York.
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