Henry St. George Tucker III
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, professor
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of law, and president of the American Bar Association
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. He was born to Laura (Powell) and John Randolph Tucker (1823-1897)
John Randolph Tucker (1823-1897)
John Randolph Tucker was an American lawyer, author, and politician from Virginia. He was a member of the Tucker family, which was influential in the legal and political affairs of the state of Virginia and the United States for many years.-Early Life and Family:Tucker was born in Winchester,...
in Winchester, Virginia
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, and received a B.L.
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from Washington and Lee University School of Law
Washington and Lee University School of Law
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in 1876. He married Henrietta Preston Johnson in 1877, and had several children, among them John Randolph Tucker (1879-1954).
Tucker was elected to the 51st Congress
51st United States Congress
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as a Democrat
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and served four terms. He thereupon returned to Washington and Lee, where he was elected to the professorship of constitutional law
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and equity in 1897. Three years later he was made Dean
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of the Law School
Washington and Lee University School of Law
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, in 1900. He was dean of the school of law at Columbian University (now George Washington University
George Washington University
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) from 1903 to 1905, when he became President of the Jamestown Exposition
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.
He returned to Congress in 1922, after a hiatus of nearly 25 years, when he was elected to the 67th Congress
67th United States Congress
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upon the death of Henry D. Flood
Henry D. Flood
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in 1921. He served until his own death in 1932.