Gideon John Tucker was an American lawyer, newspaper editor and politician. In 1866, as Surrogate of New York County, he wrote in a decision on a legal malpractice claim against a deceased lawyer's estate: "No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session."
- Occupation
- lawyer, politician, judge, editor
- Position held
- member of the New York State Assembly
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 10, 1826
- Died
- July 1899
