Isaac Toucey

Isaac Toucey


23rd United States Secretary of the Navy
In office March 7, 1857 – March 4, 1861
Preceded by	James C. Dobbin
Succeeded by	Gideon Welles
United States Senator from Connecticut
In office May 12, 1852 – March 4, 1857
Preceded by	Roger S. Baldwin
Succeeded by	James Dixon
20th United States Attorney General
In office June 21, 1848 – March 3, 1849
President	James K. Polk
Preceded by	Nathan Clifford
Succeeded by	Reverdy Johnson
33rd Governor of Connecticut
In office May 6, 1846 – May 5, 1847
Lieutenant	Noyes Billings
Preceded by	Roger S. 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	District created
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	District eliminated
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
In office 1852
Member of the Connecticut Senate
In office 1850
Personal details
Born	(1792-11-15)November 15, 1792 Newtown, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	July 30, 1869(1869-07-30) (aged 76) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Catherine Nichols Toucey
Profession	Lawyer, Politician

Isaac Toucey (November 15, 1792 – July 30, 1869) was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Attorney General and the 33rd Governor of Connecticut.

President Buchanan and his Cabinet
From left to right: Jacob Thompson, Lewis Cass, John B. Floyd, James Buchanan, Howell Cobb, Isaac Toucey, Joseph Holt and Jeremiah S. Black, (c. 1859)

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 never had any children.^[2]

Career

In 1822, Toucey was named prosecuting attorney of Hartford County, Connecticut. He served in that position until 1835, when he was elected to the 24th and 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 1845, Toucey ran for Governor of Connecticut and lost, but the Connecticut State Legislature appointed him to the position in 1846. During his tenure, an antibribery bill geared toward eliminating fraudulent electoral procedures was considered. He was defeated in an attempt at re-election.^[3]

In 1848, President James K. Polk appointed Toucey the 20th Attorney General of the United States, a position he held until 1849. He returned to Connecticut and took a place in the 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.

James Buchanan, who Toucey had served with in the Polk administration, appointed him U.S. Secretary of the Navy in his Cabinet in 1857 as a sop to the Pierce faction as well as to represent New England in the Cabinet. A moderate Northerner much in line with Buchanan's thought in the sectional controversies of the day, Toucey held that post until 1861 and the arrival of the Abraham Lincoln administration. 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 (age 76 years, 267 days).^[5] He is interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut.^[6] USS Toucey (DD-282) was named for him.

References

↑ "Isaac Toucey". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
↑ "Isaac Toucey". Connecticut State Library. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
↑ "Isaac Toucey". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
↑ "Isaac Toucey". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
↑ "Isaac Toucey". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
↑ "Isaac Toucey". Find A Grave. Retrieved 30 November 2012.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Noyes Barber	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's at-large congressional district March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837	Succeeded by District eliminated
Preceded by New district	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st congressional district March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839	Succeeded by Joseph Trumbull
Political offices
Preceded by Roger Sherman Baldwin	Governor of Connecticut May 6, 1846 – May 5, 1847	Succeeded by Clark Bissell
Legal offices
Preceded by Nathan Clifford	U.S. Attorney General Served under: James K. Polk June 21, 1848 – March 4, 1849	Succeeded by Reverdy Johnson
United States Senate
Preceded by Roger S. Baldwin	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Connecticut May 12, 1852 – March 4, 1857 Served alongside: Truman Smith, Francis Gillette and Lafayette S. Foster	Succeeded by James Dixon
Government offices
Preceded by James C. Dobbin	United States Secretary of the Navy March 7, 1857 – March 4, 1861	Succeeded by Gideon Welles

Governors of Connecticut

Trumbull Sr. M. Griswold Huntington Wolcott Sr. Trumbull Jr. Treadwall R. Griswold Smith Wolcott Jr. Tomlinson Peters Edwards Foot Edwards Ellsworth Cleveland R. S. Baldwin Toucey Bissell J. Trumbull Seymour Pond Dutton Minor Holley Buckingham Hawley English Jewell English Jewell Ingersoll Hubbard Andrews Bigelow Waller Harrison P. Lounsbury Bulkeley Morris Coffin Cooke G. Lounsbury McLean Chamberlain Roberts Woodruff Lilley Weeks S. Baldwin Holcomb Lake Templeton Bingham J. H. Trumbull Cross R. E. Baldwin Hurley R. E. Baldwin Snow McConaughy Shannon Bowles Lodge Ribicoff Dempsey Meskill Grasso O'Neill Weicker Rowland Rell Malloy

United States Attorneys General

18th century	Randolph Bradford Lee

19th century	Lincoln Breckinridge Rodney Pinkney Rush Wirt Berrien Taney Butler Grundy Gilpin Crittenden Legaré Nelson Mason Clifford Toucey Johnson Crittenden Cushing Black Stanton Bates Speed Stanbery Evarts Hoar Akerman Williams Pierrepont Taft Devens MacVeagh Brewster Garland Miller Olney Harmon McKenna Griggs

20th century	Knox Moody Bonaparte Wickersham McReynolds Gregory Palmer Daugherty Stone Sargent W. D. Mitchell Cummings Murphy Jackson Biddle T. C. Clark McGrath McGranery Brownell Rogers Kennedy Katzenbach R. Clark J. N. Mitchell Kleindienst Richardson Saxbe Levi Bell Civiletti Smith Meese Thornburgh Barr Reno

21st century	Ashcroft Gonzales Mukasey Holder Lynch Sessions (nominee)

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. 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

United States Department of the Navy

Secretaries

Cabinet level	Stoddert Smith Hamilton Jones Crowninshield S Thompson Southard Branch L. Woodbury Dickerson Paulding Badger Upshur Henshaw Gilmer Mason Bancroft Mason Preston Graham Kennedy Dobbin Toucey Welles Borie Robeson R Thompson Goff Hunt Chandler Whitney Tracy Herbert Long Moody Morton Bonaparte Metcalf Newberry Meyer Daniels Denby Wilbur Adams Swanson Edison Knox Forrestal

Dept. of Defense	Sullivan Matthews Kimball Anderson Thomas T. Gates Franke Connally Korth Nitze Ignatius Chafee Warner Middendorf Claytor Hidalgo Lehman Webb Ball Garrett O'Keefe Dalton Danzig England Winter Mabus

Under
Secretaries

Assistant
Secretaries

Pre-1954	Fox Faxon Soley McAdoo T. Roosevelt Sr. Allen Hackett Darling Newberry Satterlee Winthrop F. Roosevelt G. Woodbury T. Roosevelt Jr. Robinson Jahncke H. Roosevelt Edison Compton Bard Hensel Kenney Andrews Koehler Askins Fogler

Post-1954	Financial Management and Comptroller Installations and Environment Manpower and Reserve Affairs Research, Development and Acquisitions General Counsel of the Navy defunct: Air Installations and Logistics Material Research and Development Research, Engineering and Systems Shipbuilding and Logistics

Cabinet of President James K. Polk (1845–49)

Secretary of State	James Buchanan (1845–49)

Secretary of the Treasury	Robert J. Walker (1845–49)

Secretary of War	William Learned Marcy (1845–49)

Attorney General	John Y. Mason (1845–46) Nathan Clifford (1846–48) Isaac Toucey (1848–49)

Postmaster General	Cave Johnson (1845–49)

Secretary of the Navy	George Bancroft (1845–46) John Y. Mason (1846–49)

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 F. Thomas (1860–1861) John A. Dix (1861)

Secretary of War	John B. Floyd (1857–1860) Joseph Holt (1860–1861)

Attorney General	Jeremiah S. Black (1857–1860) Edwin M. 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)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 65447107 LCCN: n85185585 GND: 142411728 US Congress: T000319

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