ISAAC TOUCEY 1858 ALS Autograph Letter Signed- Navy Secretary & Attorney General for Sale

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ISAAC TOUCEY 1858 ALS Autograph Letter Signed- Navy Secretary & Attorney General:
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This is a hand-written, signed letter from United States Senator, Attorney General, Governor of Connecticut and Secretary of the Navy under President Buchanan, Isaac Toucey. Written on October 28, 1858, it measures about 8\" x 9.75\". Generally clean with the original, even folds. Written in the top-left corner in pencil:

Isaac Toucey, Secretary of Navy under Pres. Buchanan, believed to be southern sympathizer, accused of deploying US Naval Ships away from Southern areas, thereby encouraging Confederate attack on Charleston Harbor forts (Ft. Sumpter) and bringing on Civil War.

Important letter dealing with Naval experimental use of oil.

From Wikipedia on Toucey:

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.

Born in Newtown, Connecticut, Toucey pursued classical studies; studied law and was admitted to the bar at Hartford, Connecticut, in 1818. 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.

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.

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. 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.

Toucey died in Hartford on July 30, 1869 (age 76 years, 267 days). He is interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut. USS Toucey (DD-282) was named for him.

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