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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New HampshireAmos TUCK
(1810-1879)
TUCK, Amos, a
Representative from New Hampshire; born in Parsonsfield, Maine,
August 2, 1810; attended Effingham and Hampton Academies; was
graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1835; studied
law; was admitted to the bar in 1838 and commenced practice in
Exeter, N.H.; trustee of Dartmouth College; principal of Hampton
Academy 1836-1838; member of the State house of representatives in
1842; elected as an Independent to the Thirtieth Congress, as a
Free-Soil candidate to the Thirty-first Congress, and as a Whig to
the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1853);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection; delegate to the Republican
National Conventions in 1856 and 1860; delegate to the peace
convention held in Washington, D.C., in 1861 in an effort to devise
means to prevent the impending war; naval officer of the port of
Boston 1861-1865; resumed the practice of law and also engaged in
railroad building; died in Exeter, N.H., December 11, 1879;
interment in Exeter Cemetery.
Bibliography
Tuck, Amos. Autobiographical Memoir of Amos Tuck. [Paris?]:
N. P., 1902; Gregg, Hugh. Birth of the Republican Party: A
Summary of Historical Research on Amos Tuck and the Birthplace of
the Republican Party at Exeter, New Hampshire. Nashua, N. H.:
Resources of New Hampshire, 1995.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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