Background
Tucker, John Randolph was born on December 24, 1823 in Winchester, Virginia, United States. Son of Henry Saint George and Anne Evelina (Hunter) Tucker.
Tucker, John Randolph was born on December 24, 1823 in Winchester, Virginia, United States. Son of Henry Saint George and Anne Evelina (Hunter) Tucker.
Received law degree University of Virginia, 1843. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Yale, 1887.
1 son, Henry Saint George. Practiced law, Winchester, Virginia, 1845-1857. Democratic elector, 1852, 56.
Attorney general Virginia, 1857-1865.
Professor of law Washington and Lee University, 1870-1874, 1887-1897, professor constitutional and international law, 1889-1893, dean Law School, 1893-1897. Member United States House of Representatives from Virginia, 44th-49th congresses, 1875-1887.
President American Bar Association, 1892-1893. Lawyer for Jefferson Davis in his trial for treason, also in case concerning Florida electoral vote of 1876.
Author: The Constitution of the United States, 2 volumes, 1899.
Public addresses The Southern Church Justified in its Support of the South, 1863. The History of the Federal Convention of 1787, published 1887.
Member United States House of Representatives from Virginia, 44th-49th congresses, 1875-1887.
Married Laura Powell, October 5, 1848.