Henry St. George Tucker III explained

Birthname:	Henry St. George Tucker III
Birth Date:	5 April 1853
Birth Place:	Winchester, Virginia, U.S.
Death Place:	Lexington, Virginia, U.S.
State:	Virginia
District:	10th
Term Start:	March 21, 1922
Term End:	July 23, 1932
Preceded:	Henry D. Flood
Succeeded:	Joel W. Flood
Term Start2:	March 4, 1889
Term End2:	March 3, 1897
Preceded2:	Jacob Yost
Succeeded2:	Jacob Yost
Party:	Democratic
Father:	J. Randolph Tucker
Children:	7, including J. Randolph
Resting Place:	Oak Grove Cemetery

Henry St. George Tucker III (April 5, 1853 – July 23, 1932) was a representative from the Commonwealth of Virginia to the United States House of Representatives, professor of law, and president of the American Bar Association.

Early and family life

Tucker was born in Winchester, Virginia to lawyer John Randolph Tucker (1823–1897) and his wife, Laura (née Powell; 1827–1916). He received an LL.B. degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1876. He married Henrietta Preston Johnston, a daughter of William Preston Johnston, on October 25, 1877, and had several children, among them John Randolph Tucker (1879). In 1898, he purchased the Col Alto estate at Lexington, Virginia.^[1]

Career

Tucker was elected to the 51st Congress as a Democrat and served four terms. He thereupon returned to Washington and Lee, where he became the professor of constitutional law and equity in 1897. Three years later he was made Dean of the Law School, in 1900.

He moved to Washington, D.C., and became dean of the school of law at Columbian University (now George Washington University) from 1903 to 1905, when he became President of the Jamestown Exposition and of the American Bar Association.

Tucker unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 1909 and 1921. He returned to Congress in 1922, after a hiatus of nearly 25 years, when he was elected to the 67th Congress upon the death of Henry D. Flood in 1921. He was re-elected several times, serving until his own death in 1932.^[2]

Works

• Book: Tucker, Henry St. George III . Henry St. George Tucker III . Woman's suffrage by constitutional amendment . Clark, N.J. : Lawbook Exchange, 2003; Originally published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1916, in series: Storrs lectures. . 2003 . 1-58477-342-1 .
• Book: Tucker, Henry St. George III . Henry St. George Tucker III . Limitations on the treaty-making power under the Constitution of the United States. Union, N.J. : Lawbook Exchange, 2000; Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1915. 2000 . 1-58477-015-5 .
• Book: Tucker, John Randolph . John Randolph Tucker (1823-1897) . The Constitution of the United States : a critical discussion of its genesis, development, and interpretation; edited by Henry St. George Tucker. . Littleton, Colo. : F.B. Rothman, 1981; Reprint. Originally published: Chicago : Callaghan, 1899 . 1981 . 0-8377-1206-8 .

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Col Alto . Calder Loth and John Salmon. August 1988. Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
2. Tucker, Henry St. George, (1853 - 1932) . 2024-04-05 . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.