Henry Tucker

Henry Tucker may refer to:

  • Sir Henry Tucker (Bermudian politician) (1903–1986), first Premier of Bermuda
  • Henry St. George Tucker, Sr. (1780–1848), U.S. Representative from Virginia (14th and 15th Congress)
  • Henry St. George Tucker, Jr. (1828–1863), after whom St. George, West Virginia is named
  • Henry F. Tucker (1830–1901), Minnesota State Representative
  • Henry St. George Tucker III (1853–1932), U.S. Representative from Virginia (51st Congress)
  • Henry St. George Tucker (bishop) (1874–1959), 19th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States
  • Reuben Henry Tucker III (1911–1970), U.S. Army officer
  • Henry Holcombe Tucker (1819–1889), Chanchellor of the University of Georgia
  • Henry W. Tucker (1919–1942), U.S. sailor for whom the USS Henry W. Tucker was named

Famous quotes containing the words henry and/or tucker:

    Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one’s own way at all hazards.
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.
    —Anonymous. Popular saying.

    Dating from World War I—when it was used by U.S. soldiers—or before, the saying was associated with nightclub hostess Texas Quinan in the 1920s. It was the title of a song recorded by Sophie Tucker in 1927, and of a Cole Porter musical in 1929.