Henry St. George Tucker (1780–1848)

American lawyer, son of St. George Tucker; born at Williamsburg, VA, on the 29th of December 1780, and educated at William and Mary College, and subsequently studied law; from 1815 to 1818 he was a member of Congress. In 1824 he was appointed chancellor of Virginia, succeeding to the chief-justiceship of the court of appeals in 1831, and to the law professorship of the University of Virginia in 1841. He resigned that position in 1845, on account of failing health, and died at Winchester, VA, on the 28th of August 1848. Judge Tucker declined the Attorney-Generalship of the United States, tendered him by President Jackson. He was the author of Commentaries on the Law of Virginia; Lectures on Constitutional Law; and other works. In 1837 he received the degree of LL.D. from William and Mary College.