Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-06
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1877.
John Randolph Tucker.

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ncnt meulhcr Of !hc &sI Congress- and is repre-
sentative elect to the next, from the Sixth Con
gressional district OF Virginia.
Mr.. Tucker Is direct dcsceulan: from !!
cultivated, eloquent AMI patriotic sock. His
grandfather, the late ST. George Tucker. was:
born at Port loyal, Bermuda. aud camc t.
| Virginia 10 atiend The SESSIONS OF William and
| Mary College, at Williamsburg. Here he grad
! uatcd in law, when that institution was IN the
zenith OF its fame Becoming cnamored OF Fir
| ginia a-hcr climate and her soonery-he ecu
cluled TO settle in the Old Douniop, and made
| it his future home.
Fired with gouuIne aud uncomfortable pat
rotism Tor the country Of his adoption, he par
Licipated u the War Of the Revolution, and
was severely wounded at lorktown, Va, while
in command Of regiment.
After The termination Of The seven years
struggle. which resulted 50 4 goriously for the
arms Of the Unted States, he was appointed
professor Of law IN William and Mary College,
was subsequently Judge for haarly a half CEN
fury, serving as sucl 10 the State courts, in
the Court OF Appeals, and in the u. S. District
Court. So thorough his proficiency and ST.
vast his requirements and extended his re
search, that hc Was generally known as the
American Blackstone lic was tho anlhor OF
the popular "l'ctcr Pinlar, and also OF the
celebrated poem entitled Liberty.
Judge st. George Tucker married the wlo@
Of John Randolph, OF Bizarre, who WAS the
mother Of lilo celebrated John Randolph, O!
Roanoke" 'Blzarrc' is situated in ia"
county OF Prince Edward, Va. and ''ltoauokr.
in Charlotte, The iva counties adjoining, and
hcucn the distinction nt residence because oi
two similar names.
Thomas Tudor Tucker. :. brother OF st.
George Fucker WAS also Il native oi bermuda,
aud settled III South Carolina. He WAS also an
active participant in the Revolutionary wal,
was delegate 10 the Continental Congress,
and subsequently, y representative 10 the Ma
tlonal Congress from the Palmetto STATE, ard
was for thirty years The Trcaturcr OF Tie United
States.
vi tic issuc Of the marriage Of ST. George
Tucker aud Mrs Raud0lph Of "Bizarrc,' was
Henry st. George Tucker, the father oil tho
present John Randolph Tucker, who Is the
subject OF our sketch. llemy ST. George Tuck
or was III tic war ni 1872. was q representative
in Congress from NirsiHla, from 1873 TO 1919,
was Chancellor lOr seven years; President oi
tkc Court Of Appeals for ten wears, Professor
Of Law in the Uuircr+ity oi Virginia. in lSl1
and subsequent; and was tic author Of the Gow
standard law work known rs Tucker 5 Commcn
taries. lie was Il hail brother Of John Ran.
dolph, OF Roanoke.
The Hon. John Randolph Tucker, the sub
jeot OF this SKETCH was born in the town Of
Winchester, Va, on tho 9th Of December,
1928; graduated at the University Of Virginia
at 40 carly age, and Was admitted TO practice
at the bar OF Winchester in 1915. lie was u
Democratic Presidential Elcctor in 1852 and
1856; and was elected Attorney General Of Vir
riuia 1851, SO and 'G3, and held the position
up 10 tho time Of the evacuation OF Richmond
by the Confederate authorities in 1868.
After tue war Mr.. Tucker came TO Baltimore,
and was appointed by the authorities OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad one OF its counsel.
In 1870 he was elected Professor of Law and
Equity in Washington College, at Lexington,
now known as the Washington and Lee UnlVer
sity; and in 1874 vas nominated for Congress
without his knowledge or consent. Ills trluul
Dhant election, by vote amounting almost to
unanimity, is fresh within tho recollection OF
our readers.
Unon all questions Of law and constitutional
authority, Professor Tucker is regarded among
tho ablcst aud most learned now upon tho llnor
Of Congress- Legal lore seems TO have been q
characteristic vi SiC llDlHG VI LliC 'ph
over century, and i possible Is becoming more
deeply rooted in the present generation, than
it was in the minds OF those who have gone be
fore.
As debatcr Mr Tucker has few equals,
and as an orator, is The prcr Of any. lis speech
on the constilutonaIity Of the Centennial ap
preparation, in the last Congress, was master
piece Of logic, as Well rs legal learning, a''l his
tribute to the virtues and patriotism oi the ear
| " fathers Of the EepuIlic would have reflected
credit upon either Of the great trlGmV'rate-
| Clay, Webster or Calhoun. We're he never
TO utter auothcr syllable, his ialno would be
secured and his nclnory forever honorel.
| In the family circle Mr.. Tucker IS gentle az
a child and as admirable as a woman, ut th"
festive board, as genial gentleman as ever
broke bread lie is not without much Q! That
keen wit aud cutting sarcasm ior which his an
cestra kinsmau. John Itsndolph, oil Roanoke,
was 50 Justly celebrated, aud is wont to set
the table in a roar w!Lh bis flashes Of humof.
i-Bahini0rcda.