Henry St. George Tucker, Sr.

Henry St. George Tucker, Sr. was a Virginia jurist, law professor, and U.S. Congressman .

Tucker was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia on December 29, 1780 to St. George Tucker and Frances Bland, the daughter of Theodorick Bland of Cawsons. As a young man, he pursued classical studies at the College of William amp Mary he graduated in 1798. Tucker stayed in Williamsburg, Virginia to study law at William and Mary as well as under his father who was an established Virginia lawyer. He excelled in the study of law, obtaining his law degree in 1801. After being admitted to the Virginia bar, Tucker commenced a legal practice in Winchester, Virginia.

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