American lawyer and author, a relative of St. George Tucker; born in Bermuda, in 1775. He emigrated to Virginia in 1787, and subsequently entered William and Mary College, graduating in 1797; studied law and practiced in Lynchburg; was member of the Virginia legislature for a time, and served in Congress (1819–1825); resumed his law practice and was subsequently chosen professor of moral philosophy and political economy in the University of Virginia, retaining the chair for twenty years. He wrote much on philosophical, political and literary subjects. Among his works are Essays on Subjects of Taste, Morals and National Policy (1822); The Valley of the Shenandoah, a novel that became very popular (1824); Principles of Rent, Wages and Profits (1837); Life of Thomas Jefferson (1837); essays on Cause and Effect (1842); and The Association of Ideas (1843); Banks or no Banks (1857); and Essays, Moral and Philosophical (1860). He died on the 10th of April 1861.
