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Tuck, Amos – Tucker, John Randolph
Tuck, Amos
educator, congressman, was born in Maine. Removing to New Hampshire he was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1847 to 1853; and was a member of the peace congress of 1861.
Tucker, Beverly
journalist, was born in Virginia. He was identified with the newspaper business in Washington; was chosen superintendent of public printing in 1853; and during the rebellion participated with zeal in the cause of the southern.states.
Tucker, Ebenezer
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1758 in New Jersey. He was a member of congress from New Jersey from 1825 to 1829; and also held the offices of judge of the common pleas, justice of the court of quarter sessions, and judge of the orphans' court. He died Sept. 5, 1845, in Tuckerton, N. J.
Tucker, Ephraim
genealogist, was born Oct. 14, 1821, in Oxford, Mass. He received a thorough education and attended the Wesleyan academy of Wilbraham, Mass. He is the author of a genealogical work on the Tucker family, and has contributed extensively to current literature numerous articles on genealogical and historical subjects, which have been incorporated in several standard works. He still contributes to many of the leading newspapers and magazines of the United States.
Tucker, Eugene A
lawyer, jurist, was born May 13, 1856, in Cortland, N. Y.
He is a successful lawyer of Humboldt, Neb.; and has been police judge, city attorney and county attorney.
Tucker, George Fox
lawyer, author, was born in 1852 in Massachusetts.
He is a lawyer of New Bedford, Mass.; and the author of Manual of Wills; Manual of Business Corporations; Manual of the Constitution of Massachusetts, the Interpretation of Statutes, Special Writs, and Motions for New Trials; The Monroe Doctrine; Notes on the United States Revised Statutes; A Quaker Home, a novel; Uncle Calup's Christmas Dinner; and Your Will: How to Make it.
Tucker, Gideon J
lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born in 1827 in New York city. In 1848 he was admitted to the bar; was elected secretary of the state of New York in 1857; and in 1866 served with distinction as a member of the assembly of the New York state legislature. During 1862-70 he served as surrogate of New York city and county.
Tucker, Henry Holcombe
educator, clergyman, journalist, author, was born May 10, 1819, in Warren county, Ga.
He was the author of Religious Liberty; The Gospel in Enoch; and The Old Theology Restated in Sermons. The Position of Baptism in the Christian System is a noted sermon by him.
Tucker, Henry St. George
educator, lawyer, congressman, author, was born Dec. 29, 1780, in Williamsburg, Va.
He was at one time president of the court of appeals; and was also professor of law in the university of Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1815 to 1819. He was the author of Lectures on Natural Law and Government; Lectures on Constitutional Law; and Commentaries on the Law of Virginia. He died Aug. 28, 1848, in Winchester, Va.
Tucker, Henry St. George
soldier, author, was born in 1826 in Virginia. He was a lieutenant-colonel in the confederate army; and the author of Hansford, a Tale of Bacon's Rebellion; and The Southern Crop. He died in 1863.
Tucker, John
cabinet officer.
He was a citizen of New York; and held the position of assistant secretary of war during a part of the rebellion, receiving the appointment in 1862.
Tucker, John Randolph
soldier, educator, lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 24, 1823, in Winchester, Va. He was a presidential elector in 1852 and 1856; and in 1857 was elected attorneygeneral of Virginia, and was re-elected in 1859 and 1863. In 1870 he was elected professor of equity and law in Washington college. He was elected a representative from Virginia to the forty-fourth congress; and was re-elected to the fortyfifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, fortyeighth and forty-ninth congresses.