Gideon J. Tucker

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Gideon John Tucker (born February 10, 1826 in New York City , † July 1899 ibid) was an American lawyer , newspaper editor and politician . He was Secretary of State of New York from 1858 to 1860 .

Career

Gideon John Tucker, son of Alderman John C. Tucker, a leader in the Locofocos faction of the Democratic Party , was born on Laight Street, not far from Canal Street , in Lower Manhattan, New York City. He attended community schools. His youth were overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the following years by the Mexican-American War . In 1844 he became a trainee lawyer ( law clerk ). Then he wrote for newspapers. In 1847 he was admitted to the bar. On March 15, 1848, he married Clara L. Livingston (* 1828). Tucker became a tax clerk with the New York State Comptrollers in Albany, New York , in 1852 . In 1853 he acquired a share in Albany Argus from Edwin Croswell , but sold it in 1855. He then founded the New York Daily News . In September 1857 he withdrew from the line.

He took as a delegate at the 1856 Democratic National Convention in Cincinnati ( Ohio part). In 1857 he was elected sachem in the Tammany Society and in the same year Secretary of State of New York. He was nominated President of the Board of Commissioners in the Croton Aqueduct Department in 1860 , but the Board of Aldermen declined the appointment.

From 1863 to 1869 he was the guardianship and probate judge in New York County . The first years of his term in office were overshadowed by the civil war. In 1866 he wrote an estate on a decision regarding the following:

"No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session."

It was a parody of a passage in the Magna Carta :

"No man shall be deprived of the free enjoyment of his life, liberty, or property, unless declared to be forfeited by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land."

Tucker took as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1864 Chicago ( Illinois part). He was a member of the 14th District (New York County) in the New York State Assembly . During his tenure, he drafted the first eight-hour bill, which was ultimately rejected. But he had better luck with the passage of a bill to prevent cruelty to animals.

In 1875 he left Tammany Hall. In the following years he was one of the founders of the opposing Irving Hall faction in the Democratic Party.

Tucker ran as a member of the National Greenback and Labor Party for the position of associate judge on the New York Court of Appeals in 1878 , but suffered a defeat in the election. He then moved to Arizona for health reasons . He published the Daily Democrat in Prescott , then the capital of the Arizona Territory . He returned to New York in the 1880s. In November 1887 he ran again for the post of guardianship and probate judge. Tucker competed in the election for the United Labor Party, but suffered a defeat to the Democrat Rastus S. Ransom.

He died in July 1899 at his home at 162 West 84th Street, New York City.

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  1. ^ Gideon J. Tucker For Croton Aqueduct Commissioner , The New York Times, January 20, 1860
  2. ↑ Mayor's Nominations For Croton Aqueduct Commissioner And Health Commissioner , The New York Times, February 3, 1860
  3. ^ Gideon J. Tucker: Final Accounting in the Estate of AB, 1 Tucker 248 (NY Surr. 1866)
personal data
SURNAME Tucker, Gideon J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tucker, Gideon John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, newspaper editor and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH July 1899
Place of death New York City