John B. Macy

John B. Macy
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Preceded byJames Duane Doty
Succeeded byCharles Billinghurst
Personal details
BornMarch 25, 1799
Nantucket, Massachusetts, US
DiedSeptember 24, 1856(1856-09-24) (aged 57)
Port Washington, Wisconsin, US
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMary Russell Macy (m. 1818)[1]
ChildrenFour

John B. Macy (March 25, 1799 – September 24, 1856) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Macy was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where he received a liberal education. He moved to New York City in 1826 and later in that year to Buffalo, New York. He resided in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1842 to 1845. Macy was one of the founders of Toledo, Ohio, and one of the proprietors of the Rock River Valley Union Railroad (the state line to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin). This line was the beginning of the Chicago and North Western Railway. Macy moved to Fond du Lac in the Wisconsin Territory, in 1845 and engaged in the real estate business, acquiring land from Philip Hone, the mayor of New York City. Several street names in Fond du Lac, such as Macy Street, are named for Macy and members of his family.[2] He moved with his family to the town of Empire, Wisconsin, near Lake de Neveu, in 1850. Macy's home, built near what became Highway 45, still stands. Its original outbuildings include a hexagonal library.[3]

Macy was elected as a Democrat to represent Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district at the 33rd United States Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855), but was unsuccessful for re-election in 1854 to the 34th Congress. Following his failure to be re-elected, he resumed his former business pursuits.

  1. ^ Macy, Silvanus J. (1868). Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868. Albany: Joel Munsell. p. 229.
  2. ^ "The State: The history of Fond du Lac County, as told by its place-names: M". Digicoll.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  3. ^ "Problem while searching in The State". Digicoll.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved January 31, 2019.