John Randolph Tucker (1823–1897)
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 10th district |
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In office March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 |
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| Preceded by |
District re-established William G. Brown, Sr. before district abolished in 1863 |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Yost |
| Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary | |
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In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Brackett Reed |
| Succeeded by | David B. Culberson |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 6th district |
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In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1885 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Whitehead |
| Succeeded by | John W. Daniel |
| Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means | |
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In office 1881 |
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| Preceded by | Fernando Wood |
| Succeeded by | William D. Kelley |
| 8th Attorney General of Virginia | |
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In office June 13, 1857 – May 9, 1865 Contested with James S. Wheat: June 21, 1861 – December 7, 1863 Contested with Thomas Russell Bowden: December 7, 1863 – May 6, 1865 |
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Henry A. Wise John Letcher William Smith |
| Preceded by | Willis P. Bocock |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Russell Bowden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 24, 1823 Winchester, Virginia |
| Died | February 13, 1897 (aged 73) Lexington, Virginia |
| Resting place | Winchester, Virginia |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Laura Holmes Powell Tucker |
| Children | Henry St. George Tucker others |
| Profession | lawyer, professor |
John Randolph Tucker (December 24, 1823 – February 13, 1897) was an American lawyer, author, and politician from Virginia. From a distinguished slaveholding family, he was elected Virginia's attorney general in 1857 and after re-election served during the American Civil War (James S. Wheat served as attorney general in Union-held portions of the state). After a pardon and Congressional Reconstruction, Tucker was elected as U.S. Congressman (1875-1887), and later served as the first dean of the Washington and Lee University Law School.
Tucker was born in Winchester, Virginia on Christmas eve in 1823, the son of Anna Evalina Hunter Tucker (1789-1855) and her husband Judge Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848). A grandson of St. George Tucker, J.R. Tucker would become proud of his heritage among the First Families of Virginia. His father and many relatives owned plantations and enslaved persons. Nonetheless, several of his siblings never reached adulthood. His brothers Dr. Alfred Bland Tucker (1830-1862) and Lt.Col. St. George Hunter Tucker (1828-1863) would die of consumption while in the Confederate States Army; his brother Dr. David Hunter Tucker (1815-1871) became a professor at three medical schools including the Medical College of Virginia and survived his Confederate service. His brother Nathaniel Beverley Tucker (1820-1890) would become a Confederate diplomat and later a journalist.
John Randolph Tucker attended a private school near his Winchester home, then entered the Richmond Academy. He finished his studies at the University of Virginia, graduating with a legal degree in 1844.
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