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| 53k | Issac Toucey—born on 5 November 1796 in Newtown, Conn.—was admitted to the bar in 1818 and began two full terms in the United States House of Representatives on 4 March 1835. He served as Governor of Connecticut in 1846 and 1847 and as Attorney General under President Polk from 21 June 1848 to 3 March 1849. After a stint in the state legislature in 1850 and 1851, Toucey represented Connecticut in the United States Senate from 12 March 1852 to 3 March 1857. He was Secretary of the Navy under President Buchanan from 6 March 1857 to 3 March 1861. After retiring from public office upon Lincoln's inauguration, Toucey resumed the practice of law. He died in Hartford, Conn., on 30 July 1869. Digital ID: cwpbh 02837, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. | Bill Gonyo |
| 60k | Undated, location unknown. | - |
| 99k | Undated, location unknown. | Don Scott YNCS(SS) USN (Ret.) |
| 166k | Undated picture of USS Toucey (DD-282) underway, location unknown, from "Anti-Submarine Warfare: An Illustrated History" by David Owen. | Robert Hurst/Ed Zajkowski |
| 108k | USS Toucey (DD-282) and USS Case (DD-285) in the Panama Canal, undated. From the John Dickey collection. | Ed Zajkowski |
| 67k | Circa 1917-1934 at Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston. | Michael Mohl |
| 67k | Photo #: NH 105370. USS Toucey (Destroyer # 282) at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, January 1920. Panoramic photograph by Crosby, "Naval Photographer", 11 Portland Street, Boston. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Crosby Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Paul Rebold |
| 142k | Circa 1927, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker/Robert Hurst |
| 47k | Sterling Silver cruet set presented as a gift by Elizabeth Alden Robinson to USS Toucey (DD-282) upon the ship's commissioning. Cruet set was made by Tiffany. Collection of Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command photo # 54-7-A. | Robert Hurst |