Pomeroy Tucker

Who was Pomeroy Tucker?

Pomeroy Tucker 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 Messenger, and in 1824 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.

Tucker was employed as a printer for a time by E.B. Grandin, known for publishing the first order of the Book of Mormon, a sacred text of the churches of the Latter Day Saint movement. Tucker developed animosity toward Mormonism, and later authored Origin, Rise, and Progress of Mormonism, a book considered to have been the "most influential anti-Mormon work in [its] period."

Tucker died on 30 June 1870.