Barney Circle in Southeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Uriah Tracy
Congressional Cemetery
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 29, 2019
1. Uriah Tracy Marker
Inscription.
Uriah Tracy (1755-1807) was a Revolutionary War patriot and later a Senator from Connecticut. As a young man, he joined a militia company that responded to the famous Lexington Alarm in 1775. Tracy studied law at Yale and served in the Connecticut General Assembly, the House of Representatives, and the Senate. Tracy was a Federalist and when Republican Thomas Jefferson was elected president in 1800, Tracy and other Federalists began to talk of seceding from the new Union. Secession talk faded in 1804, however, when Jefferson's enemy, Aaron Burr, lost the election for governor of New York. Tracy died in office in 1807, and was buried in Congressional Cemetery, the first member of Congress to be laid to rest here.
Uriah Tracy (1755-1807) was a Revolutionary War patriot and later a Senator from Connecticut. As a young man, he joined a militia company that responded to the famous Lexington Alarm in 1775. Tracy studied law at Yale & served in the Connecticut General Assembly, the House of Representatives, & the Senate. Tracy was a Federalist and when Republican Thomas Jefferson was elected president in 1800, Tracy and other Federalists began to talk of seceding from the new Union. Secession talk faded in 1804, however, when Jefferson's enemy, Aaron Burr, lost the election for governor of New York. Tracy died in office in 1807, and was buried in Congressional Cemetery, the first member of Congress to be laid to rest here.
Location. 38° 52.965′ N, 76° 58.648′ W. Marker is in Southeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Barney Circle. Marker can be reached from E Street Southeast, 0.1 miles east
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of Potomac Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1801 E Street Southeast, Washington DC 20003, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Thomas R. Gedney (a few steps from this marker); Elbridge Gerry (within shouting distance of this marker); John Smilie (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Elbridge Gerry (within shouting distance of this marker); Pushmataha (within shouting distance of this marker); Levi Casey (within shouting distance of this marker); Benjamin Franklin McAlwee (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ann G. Sprigg (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Southeast Washington.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 29, 2019
2. Uriah Tracy Marker
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