C. Tucker Anderson is a sixth generation Robertson County native. He grew up in Calvert, home to the Anderson side of his family, who first settled and started cultivating the Brazos River Bottom in 1848. His mother’s side of the family came to Texas from New York State on the heels of the Civil War and settled in Waco, where Tucker’s great-great grandfather Major Ephriam Wilcox raised his family after serving his country as a U.S. Army volunteer.
Tucker attended Allen Academy in Bryan, Texas, through his freshman year of high school, and finished his secondary education at Woodberry Forest School in Virginia. He returned home to earn a B.A. in History from Texas A&M University in College Station, where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. During his sophomore year, Tucker spent an influential summer as an intern in Washington, D.C. for both Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX) and the U.S. House Agriculture Committee.
After A&M, Tucker was employed in Mexico by Southern States, an agricultural cooperative headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. He was then accepted to St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio after a year exploring the North American Free Trade Agreement on behalf of Southern States, was admitted to the State Bar of Texas, and settled once again in the Brazos Valley to begin his law practice.
Soon thereafter, Tucker came face-to-face with Congressman Pete Sessions (R-Dallas) at a Robertson County Republican Party rally in New Baden, Texas. When Tucker expressed an interest in helping Pete Sessions with his vision for the district, Tucker was personally asked by the Congressman to come to Washington and work. Tucker spent the next four years as the Congressman’s Legislative Director and Counsel in his Washington D.C. office.
In Washington, Tucker learned first-hand the duties and responsibilities of a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Tucker worked with energy and initiative to address the issues of Congressman Sessions’ district, which included Tucker’s home and a large part of what is now the 17th Congressional District. Issues that Tucker was responsible for included transportation, agriculture, immigration, veterans, and homeland security. Tucker worked not only to provide the high level of Washington representation Congressman Sessions is known for, but also to forward the Congressman's agenda to expand opportunity and improve the quality of life in the Brazos Valley.
Tucker is a farmer, attorney, pilot, husband, father, hunter, and fisherman. He is a member of the Texas A&M Association of Former Students, the 12th Man Foundation, the State Bar of Texas, Texas Farm Bureau, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, Republican National Lawyers Association, National Rifle Association and the Episcopal Church.
Today, Tucker is employed by CoCo Communications Corp. as a government affairs representative helping to solve the large-scale communications interoperability issues among first responders so evident on 9/11.
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