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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaTinsley White RUCKER
(1848-1926)
RUCKER, Tinsley White, a
Representative from Georgia; born near Farm Hill, Elbert County,
Ga., March 24, 1848; attended the public schools, Princeton
College, and the Georgia Military Academy at Marietta; served in
the Confederate Army from March 24, 1864, until the close of the
Civil War; returned to Athens; was graduated from the law
department of the University of Georgia at Athens in 1868; was
admitted to the bar in 1871 and commenced practice in Athens,
Clarke County, Ga.; was appointed by President Cleveland as
assistant United States district attorney for the northern district
of Georgia in 1893 and resided in Atlanta; returned to Athens in
1912 and continued the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to
the Sixty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of United States Representative Samuel J. Tribble (January 11,
1917-March 3, 1917); was not a candidate for renomination in 1916;
engaged in the practice of law; died on November 18, 1926, in
Athens, Ga.; interment in Oconee Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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