Isaac Toucey

Isaac Toucey
Isaac Toucey
	Governor of Connecticut
	In office; May 6, 1846 – May 5, 1847
Lieutenant	Noyes Billings
Preceded by	Roger Baldwin
Succeeded by	Clark Bissell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Connecticut's 1st district
	In office; March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Joseph Trumbull
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Connecticut's at-large district
	In office; March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by	Noyes Barber
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	November 15, 1792; Newtown, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	July 30, 1869 (aged 76); Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Catherine Nichols (m. 1827)
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Isaac Toucey (November 15, 1792 – July 30, 1869) was an American politician who served as a

Governor of Connecticut

.

Biography

Born in Newtown, Connecticut, Toucey pursued classical studies; studied law and was admitted to the bar at Hartford, Connecticut, in 1818.^[1] From 1825 to 1835 he had his own practice in Hartford, Connecticut. He married Catherine Nichols in Hartford on October 28, 1827. The couple had no children.^[2]

Career

In 1822, Toucey was named prosecuting attorney of

25th Congresses

(at-large and then representing the 1st District). He served from 1835 to 1839. He lost the election of 1838 and returned to his position as prosecuting attorney in 1842.

In

Connecticut State Legislature appointed him to the position following the election in 1846. During his tenure, an antibribery bill geared toward eliminating fraudulent electoral procedures was considered. He was defeated in an attempt at re-nomination in 1847.^[3]

In 1848, President

Connecticut Senate in 1850, and then in the Connecticut House of Representatives

in 1852.

Toucey was elected to the U.S. Senate for the term commencing March 4, 1851, and served from May 12, 1852, to March 3, 1857, having that year declined to be a candidate for reelection.[4] During that time, he often served as the legislative point man for Franklin Pierce and his administration.

Covode Committee, resulting in him being censured by the House of Representatives in June 1860.^[5] Toucey was then replaced by one of his chief rivals in Connecticut, Gideon Welles

. After 1861 he returned to his law practice.

Death and legacy

Toucey died in Hartford on July 30, 1869.

USS Toucey (DD-282)

was named for him.

References

^ "Isaac Toucey". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
^ "Isaac Toucey". Connecticut State Library. Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
^ "Isaac Toucey". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
^ "Isaac Toucey". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
^ "The Story of the Five Little Pigs". HarpWeek. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
^ "Isaac Toucey". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 30, 2012.

External links

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Noyes Barber	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's at-large congressional district 1835–1837	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st congressional district 1837–1839	Succeeded by Joseph Trumbull
Party political offices
Preceded by Chauncey Cleveland	Governor of Connecticut 1845, 1846	Succeeded by Isaac Whittlesey
Political offices
Preceded by Roger Baldwin	Governor of Connecticut 1846–1847	Succeeded by Clark Bissell
Preceded by James C. Dobbin	United States Secretary of the Navy 1857–1861	Succeeded by Gideon Welles
Legal offices
Preceded by Nathan Clifford	United States Attorney General 1848–1849	Succeeded by Reverdy Johnson
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Roger Baldwin	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Connecticut 1852–1857 Served alongside: Truman Smith, Francis Gillette, Lafayette S. Foster	Succeeded by James Dixon

[1] "Isaac Toucey". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 30, 2012.

[2] "Isaac Toucey". Connecticut State Library. Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2012.

[3] "Isaac Toucey". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 30, 2012.

[4] "Isaac Toucey". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved November 30, 2012.

[5] "The Story of the Five Little Pigs". HarpWeek. Retrieved July 15, 2021.

[6] "Isaac Toucey". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 30, 2012.

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v t e United States senators from Connecticut
Class 1	Ellsworth Hillhouse Dana Boardman Edwards Foot N. Smith Niles Betts Huntington R. S. Baldwin Toucey Dixon Buckingham Eaton Hawley Bulkeley McLean Walcott Maloney Hart R. E. Baldwin Benton Purtell T. J. Dodd Weicker Lieberman Murphy
Class 3	Johnson Sherman Mitchell Trumbull Tracy Goodrich Daggett Lanman Willey Tomlinson P. Smith Niles T. Smith Gillette Foster Ferry English Barnum Platt Brandegee Bingham Lonergan Danaher McMahon Purtell Bush Ribicoff C. Dodd Blumenthal

v t e Cabinet of President James K. Polk (1845–1849)
Secretary of State	James Buchanan (1845–1849)
Secretary of the Treasury	Robert J. Walker (1845–1849)
Secretary of War	William L. Marcy (1845–1849)
Attorney General	John Y. Mason (1845–1846) Nathan Clifford (1846–1848) Isaac Toucey (1848–1849)
Postmaster General	Cave Johnson (1845–1849)
Secretary of the Navy	George Bancroft (1845–1846) John Y. Mason (1846–1849)

v t e Cabinet of President James Buchanan (1857–1861)
Secretary of State	Lewis Cass (1857–1860) Jeremiah S. Black (1860–1861)
Secretary of the Treasury	Howell Cobb (1857–1860) Philip Francis Thomas (1860–1861) John Adams Dix (1861)
Secretary of War	John B. Floyd (1857–1860) Joseph Holt (1860–1861)
Attorney General	Jeremiah S. Black (1857–1860) Edwin Stanton (1860–1861)
Postmaster General	Aaron V. Brown (1857–1859) Joseph Holt (1859–1860) Horatio King (1861)
Secretary of the Navy	Isaac Toucey (1857–1861)
Secretary of the Interior	Jacob Thompson (1857–1861)

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