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Judge William Hallam Tuck

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Judge William Hallam Tuck

Birth
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Death
17 Mar 1884 (aged 75)
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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Born in Annapolis, November 20, 1808. Son of William Archable Tuck and Cave Williams (Mulliken) Tuck. Attended St. John's College, Annapolis, M.A. 1827. Studied law. Married Margaret Sprigg Bowie Chew; children: Maria Louisa Chew, Somerville Pinkney Tuck, Philemon Halam Tuck, Francis Holland (d. infancy.). Resided on West Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County. Died in Annapolis on March 17, 1884. Cause of death erysipelas

Engaged in the practice of law. House of Delegates, Prince George's County, 1836-43 . Speaker, House of Delegates, 1837. Senate, Anne Arundel County, 1872-75. Member, Constitutional Convention, 1851. Judge, Circuit Court. Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1851-1861. Defeated for reelection to the court in 1861 by a Unionist candidate, Richard Johns Bowie of Montgomery County. Director of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. President of First National Bank of Annapolis. Member of Board of Governors and Visitors of St. John's College.

SOURCE: St. Anne's Church Records Collection, Parish register V, p. 248. Maryland State Archives, MSA SC 15 M 159.
Born in Annapolis, November 20, 1808. Son of William Archable Tuck and Cave Williams (Mulliken) Tuck. Attended St. John's College, Annapolis, M.A. 1827. Studied law. Married Margaret Sprigg Bowie Chew; children: Maria Louisa Chew, Somerville Pinkney Tuck, Philemon Halam Tuck, Francis Holland (d. infancy.). Resided on West Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County. Died in Annapolis on March 17, 1884. Cause of death erysipelas

Engaged in the practice of law. House of Delegates, Prince George's County, 1836-43 . Speaker, House of Delegates, 1837. Senate, Anne Arundel County, 1872-75. Member, Constitutional Convention, 1851. Judge, Circuit Court. Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1851-1861. Defeated for reelection to the court in 1861 by a Unionist candidate, Richard Johns Bowie of Montgomery County. Director of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. President of First National Bank of Annapolis. Member of Board of Governors and Visitors of St. John's College.

SOURCE: St. Anne's Church Records Collection, Parish register V, p. 248. Maryland State Archives, MSA SC 15 M 159.


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