THOMAS TUDOR TUCKER
Adams was on the pompous side. The first Congress was early mired in much process and to relieve the boredom Tucker and a few others wrote various barbs pointed at the Vice President. See {44533} for another by Congressman Page.
They were setting of the first government of the United States according to the new Constitution.
His immediate frustration was the title form of address first selected by Congress for the President. See {586767}
Thomas Tudor Tucker was a Bermuda-born American physician and politician representing Charleston, South Carolina. He was elected from South Carolina in both the Continental Congress and the U.S. House. He later was appointed as Treasurer of the United States and served from 1801 to his death in 1828, establishing a record as the longest-serving Treasurer.
