Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-01-14 | Page 13 | Washington

Sll Oldest Congressman Opposed Prohibition Headed Bar Wont Won't Tell View Views By RODNEY DUTCHER WASHINGTON V NEA Tho The oldest man In point of or priority o service In either cither branch of congress congress con can gress f Is Representative e Henry St. St w Geor George o Tucker of oC Virginia He took tooka a seat scat in the tho house In 1889 So did tho the late lato Senator Burton of ot Ohio Henry St. St George Tucker Is a a. aman man of ot many parts Ho He Ie will be 77 17 years ears old In a a. few tew months month III Ills His Illson remarkable V own o career has been enough but when you OU take It alon along with tho the record of ot his family you OU find Und yourself dealing with a story which is absolutely astonishing l Every generation of ot his family h has been r represented In Sn con congress Te s since tho founding of or the tho government government government govern govern- ment and Henry neno St. St George Tuckers Tucker's father and grand grandfather were congressmen before him Great Thomas Tudor Tucker represented South Carolina In tho the first second and third con con- greases Ills His nephew Henry Si St. St George Tucker who was none nono other than tho tim present Henrys Henry's grandfather was elected from Virginia and served from 1816 to 1820 along with hl his famous half brother John Randolph of or Roanoke In the Professor George Tucker of the University of Virginia Vir ginia represented tho Lynchburg district for or several years Then Thea John Randolph Tucker the pr present sent Henrys Henry's father father served from 1875 1815 to 10 1887 Henry St. St Georgo Tucker served from 1859 to 1897 1837 Ho ITo refused to let tho tue Democrats him himon himon himon on a n. free sliver silver platform In In 1896 1836 Not until March 1922 when he was t 70 did tho the old boy return to V hi his old scat cat lIe He was only 33 13 when first elected d. d In 0 tho the meantime Vj hn had practiced law and ha had become successively dean denn of or the Washington Washing Washing- ton and Lee Loe university law school and the tho George Washington un university university uni uni- I- I law Jaw school Ho Bo had been elected a a. president of ot the American Bar association H lie had be bec L president of tho Jamestown V V l-V tion and had written several books s tk I I had always been an ultra ultra- I IT states tates' rights man and intI saw an op opportunity op- op V to come como back chiefly to help holp savo the remnants ot of states states' rights ho lie says sas In explaining hi hH return to congress I 1 have alwa always 5 opposed bills such uch as tho tue educational educational duca bill which would establish c a p cabinet member Tim Tho federal government gov gov- hasn't any constitutional right over education I have been twice instrumental In defeating that educational bill I also fought V the maternity bill all 11 along and w we finally killed the 11 law although tho the president threatens to bring it up upa a again Once upon a time timo Mr Ir Tucker was oven onn such fuch a an ardent states tates rights righta man that ho opposed prohibition but it didn't do any good Its It's another extraordinary thins thing about tho tIm Tucker rucker family that every cry malo male member of or his line lino for five rl generations has been a a. professor proCessor or of V it law law the tho great reat the thus V grandfather ran the father Henry St. St George Georgo Tucker himself and liLa Ills son And theres there's a n. grandson randson of ot Con Con- Tuckers Tucker's who Is expected ilo to bo ho ono one sooner or later y x Mr Mi Tucker and hi his father also happen to have ha been the tho only two V men of or tho tIm same family ever C made marJe presidents ot or the American Bar association n Tho The father had the honor in 1894 1 an and the son ten years later At the tho thoSe ago age of ot 76 Con Congressman Tucker recently married for the third time time the tho bride cam came froth freIA his homo home town of oC Lexington Vo Yn Tho The newspapers wanted a 8 photograph photo photo- graph and Mr 1 ir Tucker courteously explained that those of or his generation generation genera genera- tion believe In having pictures pie pic tures tuns of or ladles ladies In the newspapers lIe He is old old-f old fashioned like that H He H lives In an apartment here lucre but doesn't like It a n. bit Nevertheless No ho Is a happy man He Ire has his hh own l Ideas about fe females females fe- fe males maJ's In public pUblio office and modern women and things like lIko that but hes he's too smart to give o them a L pub lie lic