Henry St. George Tucker, Sr.
- Henry St. George Tucker, Sr.
Henry St. George Tucker, Sr. (1780-1848) was a Virginia jurist, law professor, and U.S. Congressman (1815-1819).
Biography
Tucker was born in Williamsburg, Virginia on December 29, 1780. As a young man, Tucker pursued classical studies at the College of William & Mary; he graduated in 1798. Tucker stayed in Williamsburg to study law at William and Mary as well as under his father, St. George Tucker, 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.
Notably, Tucker was appointed to the law faculty at the College of William & Mary (1801-1804) and later was captain of Cavalry in the War of 1812. He was elected as a Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives and served for two terms, from 1815 to 1819. In 1823 he had a son, John Randolph Tucker. He went on to be judge and president of the Court of Appeals of Virginia (1831-1841) and then became a professor of law at the University of Virginia (1841 to 1845).
As a law professor, Tucker authored Tucker's Commentaries as well as several treatises on natural law and on the formation of the Constitution of the United States. He is also widely known for adding a mandatory pledge to the student honor code while a professor at the University of Virginia. On July 4, 1842, St. George Tucker offered the following resolution as a gesture of confidence in students: "...resolved, that in all future examinations ... each candidate shall attach to the written answers ... a certificate of the following words: I, A.B., do hereby certify on my honor that I have derived no assistance during the time of this examination from any source whatsoever." Tucker's pledge was adopted and soon became the following: "I do hereby certify on honor that I have derived no assistance during the time of this examination from any source whatever, whether oral, written or in print." [Citation |last= Smith| first= C. Alphonso | newspaper= Richmond Times Dispatch | title= 'I Certify On My Honor--' The Real Story of How the Famed 'Honor System' at University of Virginia Functions and What Matriculating Students Should Know About It| url= http://richmondthenandnow.com/Newspaper-Articles/Honor-System.html |date=November 29 1936 | ] This basic pledge has, in one form or another, been adopted at many American universities.
Tucker resigned in July, 1845 due to ill health.[cite book |url=http://ia350615.us.archive.org/3/items/historyofunivers03brucuoft/historyofunivers03brucuoft_djvu.txt |last=Bruce |first=Philip Alexander |authorlink=Philip Alexander Bruce |title=History of the University of Virginia: The Lengthening Shadow of One Man |volume=III |pages=68 |publisher=Macmillan |location=New York |year=1921] He died in Winchester, Virginia in 1848.]ee also
Tucker County, West Virginia, named for Tucker. [ [http://www.wvculture.org/history/counties/tucker.html West Virginia Division of Culture and History - Tucker County History web page, accessed August 25, 2006] ] [ [http://members.aol.com/jeff560/places.html Origins of West Virginia Place Names web site, accessed August 25, 2006.] ]
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