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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Rucker, Atterson Walden
Rucker, Atterson Walden, a Representative from Colorado; born in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., April 3, 1847; moved in early youth with his parents to Missouri; attended the common schools; served four years in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Lexington, Mo., the following year; moved to Baxter Springs, Kans., in 1873 and resumed the practice of law; moved to Leadville, Colo., in 1879 and continued the practice of his profession; was also interested in mining; judge of the court of records of Lake County in 1881 and 1882; moved to Aspen, Pitkin County, Colo., in 1885 and became largely interested in the development of mining projects; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1913); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1912; returned to Colorado and settled in Denver; resumed the practice of his profession; discontinued the practice of law and devoted much of his time to agricultural pursuits; died near Mount Morrison, Jefferson County, Colo., on July 19, 1924; interment in the Littleton Cemetery, Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colo.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Rucker, Atterson Walden," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1763 Original Sources, accessed December 11, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8RD9JEJNWI9VMG6.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Rucker, Atterson Walden." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1763, Original Sources. 11 Dec. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8RD9JEJNWI9VMG6.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Rucker, Atterson Walden' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1763. Original Sources, retrieved 11 December 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8RD9JEJNWI9VMG6.
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