The Washington herald., 1907-04-14
GENEALOGICAL
DEPARTMENT

election, In 1874. 10 Congress. where he
remained until 1887. While there he
was member of the Ways and Means
Committee for eight years, and for n
short time was It's chairman. He was
also chairman of the Judiciary Com
mittee in the Forty-elghth and Forty
ninth Congresses. lie was a lawyer Of
wide reputation, an orator of exeep-
uonal power. and took an active part
In the debates on the tariff in opposi-
tton TO the protective policy Among
his best known speeches are those on
the electoral commission bill. the con-
stituuonal doctrine in reference to the
electoral count, the Hawaiian treaty,
Ia 1875: the use of the army at the
polls, Ia 1879, and Chinese immigra-
tion, in 1883. lie delivered an address
before the Social Science Association in
1877, and one in 1887 before the law
school Of Yale College. which at that
time conferred upon him the degree of
Doctor of Laws.-One of his brothers
Nathaniel Beverly Tucker. n we'll
known journalist was born in Win
chester, June s, 1920 He was an alum
nus OF the University OF Virginia, the
founder of the Washington Sentinel. in
1888 printer to the United States SEN
ate the same year, and ia 1857 was ap-
remained until 1861 He was sent by
the government of the Southern Con
federacy in 1862 10 England and
France. and in 1S63-64 10 Canada, TO
obtain commissaTy supplies ffe went
20 Mexico after the civil war closed
remaining there until the end Of Max
mllian's reign. when he returned to tie
United States and resumed the practice
of his rofession--Another brother OF
John Randolph Tucker was St George
Tucker, a lawyer and clerk of the Vir-
ginia legislature He held Heutcn-
ant colonels commission in the Con-
federate army. and died January a.
1868, from exposure in the seven DAYS
battles around Richmond lie was the
author of 'HansfoTd: a Tale Of Bacons
Rebellion" 18J3). 'The Southern
Crop and the dedicatory poem OF
Washington's equestrian statue in
Richmond.-John Randolph Tucker
married, October s, 1888, Laura Powell
daughter of Humphrey Brook Powell
and his wife Anne Boyd, daughter of
Col. Elisha Boyd, of "BoydviIle." near
Martinsburg. Va.). who was born Oc-
tober 5. 1928, and still survives In an
honored old age. respected and beloved
by large circle Of admiriug friends.
His son
Henry ST. George Tucker, was born
in Winchester. Va, April 3. 1853 and
married. first. October 70. 1877, Hen
rietta Preston Johnston daughter Of
Col William Preston Johnston-oldest
son of Gen Albert Sidney Johnston
and his wife Rosa DuncanD. who died
May "a 1900. 1t is interesting 10 note.
by the way, that her son. Albert Sid
ney Johnston Tucker. was appointed
n.
ond lieutenant in the army by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. who remarked at the
time that some of the best fighting
blood in the country flowed i'm his
veins He married. secondly. on the
18th of January. 1903. Martha Sharpe
daughter of Richard Sharpe. Esq. of
Wilkes barre, Pa. Mr.. Tucker was
graduated from Washington and Lee
University in 1878, and received the de-
gree of Bachelor OF Laws from the same
institution in the following year He
was member Of Congress from 1889 to
1897. and succeeded his father in May.
1897, as professor Of constitutional and
international law and equity in Wash
tngton and Lee University. two years
later becoming dean of the law school,
q position which he held until 1902.
when he resigned his professorship. In
The spring OF 1908 he became dean of
the schools Of Jurisprudence and law,
and politics and diplomacy, in Colum-
bian (now George Washington Uni
versity. in Washington, d. c., and the
following year was elected president
Of the American Bar Association Both
the University of Mississippi and Co
lumbian University have conferred
upon him the degree OF Doctor of Laws
As a profound scholar and accom-
plished gentleman he sustaiRs the best
traditions of his distinguished anccs-
tors. and uuitcs in his vigorous person
ality, his broad Catholicity, and his in
teilectual attainmeuts the most essen
tial elements Of the typical American
gentleman.