Joseph Tucker (Massachusetts politician)

Joseph Tucker
Justice of the Central Berkshire District Court
In office
1873–1907
Appointed byWilliam B. Washburn
Preceded byHenry Shaw Briggs
Succeeded byCharles E. Burke
28th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office
1869–1873
GovernorWilliam Claflin
William B. Washburn
Preceded byWilliam Claflin
Succeeded byThomas Talbot
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office
1866–1867
Preceded byJonathan E. Field
Succeeded byMarshal Wilcox
ConstituencySouth Berkshire District (1866)
Berkshire and Hampshire District (1867)
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 7th Berkshire district
In office
1865[1]
Preceded byRensselaer Couch[2]
Succeeded byMark Van Deusen[3]
Personal details
Born(1832-08-21)August 21, 1832
Lenox, Massachusetts
DiedNovember 28, 1907(1907-11-28) (aged 75)
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Political partyRepublican
Parent(s)George J. Tucker (father)
Eunice Cook (mother)
EducationWilliams College
Harvard Law School
Military service
Allegiance United States of America
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1862–1863
Rank First Lieutenant
Unit49th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry[4]
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Joseph Tucker (August 21, 1832 – November 28, 1907) was an American politician who served as the 28th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1869 to 1873.[4][5]

  1. ^ "1865 House Document. Manual For The Use Of The General Court: Containing The Rules And Orders Of The Two Branches, Together With The Constitution Of The Commonwealth, And That Of The United States, And A List Of The Executive, Legislative, And Judicial Departments Of The State Government, State Institutions And Their Officers, County Officers, And Other Statistical Information". State Library of Massachusetts. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  2. ^ "1864 House Bill. Manual For The Use Of The General Court: Containing The Rules And Orders Of The Two Branches, Together With The Constitution Of The Commonwealth, And That Of The United States, And A List Of The Executive, Legislative, And Judicial Departments Of The State Government, State Institutions And Their Officers, County Officers, And Other Statistical Information". Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  3. ^ "1866 House Bill. Manual For The Use Of The General Court: Containing The Rules And Orders Of The Two Branches, Together With The Constitution Of The Commonwealth, And That Of The United States, And A List Of The Executive, Legislative, And Judicial Departments Of The State Government, State Institutions And Their Officers, County Officers, And Other Statistical Information". Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Bacon, Edwin M., ed. (1896). Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston: The New England Magazine. p. 441. Retrieved January 24, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ New England Historic Genealogical Society (1908). The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol. 62. The Society. ISSN 0028-4785. Retrieved November 30, 2014.