Starling Tucker

Starling Tucker
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 9th district
In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1831
Preceded by	John Carter
Succeeded by	John K. Griffin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 5th district
In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823
Preceded by	William Woodward
Succeeded by	George McDuffie
Member of the South Carolina Senate from Laurens District
In office November 24, 1806 – December 20, 1816
Preceded by	James Saxon
Succeeded by	William Clark
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Laurens District
In office November 24, 1801 – November 24, 1806
Personal details
Born	1770 Halifax County, North Carolina
Died	January 3, 1834 (aged 63–64) Mountain Shoals, South Carolina
Resting place	Enoree, South Carolina
Political party	Jacksonian
Other political affiliations	Democratic-Republican

Starling Tucker (1770 – January 3, 1834) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born in Halifax County, North Carolina, Tucker moved to Mountain Shoals (now Enoree), South Carolina. He received a limited education.

Tucker held several local offices and served as member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Tucker was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress. He was reelected to the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Congresses and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1831). He died in Mountain Shoals (now Enoree), South Carolina, January 3, 1834. He was interred in the private burial ground on the family estate west of Enoree, South Carolina.

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