Pomeroy Tucker (August 10, 1802 – June 30, 1870) was a journalist and New York politician.
Born in
Palmyra, New York, in 1802, Tucker served an apprenticeship as a printer in Palmyra, became a contributor to the
Canandaigua
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''Messenger'', and in 1823 established the ''Wayne Sentinel'' as a Democratic organ. He was elected as the
Wayne County representative to the
New York State Assembly in 1837, and was for several years postmaster, and at one time a canal collector.
[''Pomeroy Tucker'', Famous Americans, 2009.]
Tucker was employed as a printer for a time by
E. B. Grandin, known for publishing the first order of the ''
Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, which, according to Latter Day Saint theology, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from 600 BC to AD 421 and during an interlude d ...
'', a
sacred text of the churches of the
Latter Day Saint movement
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. Tucker, by his own account "well acquainted" with Joseph Smith, his family, and "most of the early followers of Smith," was suspicious of Smith and the origins of Mormonism, and subsequently authored ''Origin, Rise, and Progress of Mormonism'' in 1867, a book considered to have been the "most influential
anti-Mormon work in
tsperiod."
Tucker died on June 30, 1870.
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1802 births
1870 deaths
19th-century American newspaper editors
19th-century American newspaper publishers (people)
American printers
Critics of Mormonism
Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
New York (state) postmasters
People from Palmyra, New York
American male journalists
19th-century American male writers
19th-century American politicians