US Congressman. He was born in Lockport, Erie County, Pennsylvania, to Joshua Lacy Tracy and Laura Ann Johnson Tracy and was educated in the local public schools and later attended college in Henry, Illinois. In 1860, he moved to Bloomfield, Iowa. That same year he enlisted in Company E, Thirteenth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, of the Union Army and served in the American Civil War until 1864. Following the war, he moved to Adrian, Michigan, and attended Adrian College from 1866 to 1868. After his graduation from Adrian College, he moved to Iowa and pursued a career in law. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1871 and commenced to practicing law in Bloomfield, Iowa. On October 23, 1873, he married Ella R. Beymer in Union, Iowa, but they had no children. In 1879, he moved to Hoxie, Kansas, and continued with his law practice. He then decided to run for public office and was elected as a Member of the Kansas State House of Representatives from 1881 to 1885. He also served as a Secretary of the Kansas Board of Railroad Commissioners from 1883 to 1886. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected in 1886. A Republican, he then served Kansas's 6th District (Fiftieth and Fifty-First Congresses) in the United States House of Representatives from 1887 to 1891. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1890. After his term in the United States Congress expired on March 3, 1891, he moved to Washington, D.C., and continued with his practice of law for many years even serving as United States District Court Judge. In 1905, he moved to Seattle, Washington, where he met his second wife Alice Elizabeth Smith. The couple married that same year, but they also had no children. While living in Seattle, Washington, he continued his law practice for a few more years, but eventually retired completely from active pursuits in 1916. He later moved to Los Angeles, California, and was a resident of the city for fifteen years. He passed away at his home there at 312 South Rampart Boulevard following a long illness at the age of 86. His funeral was held at Reed Mortuary and he was buried at the famous Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. His wife Alice passed away in 1938 and was buried with him. He was a longtime member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Sons of the American Revolution. He also counted people, including President Abraham Lincoln as one of his closest and dearest friends.