Larry Tucker

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Larry Tucker

President of the Senate of West Virginia
In office 1989
Preceded by	Dan R. Tonkovich
Succeeded by	Keith Burdette
Member of the West Virginia Senate from the 12th District
In office 1983–1989
Personal details
Born	(1935-11-11)November 11, 1935 Carbondale, West Virginia
Died	November 16, 2016(2016-11-16) (aged 81) Summersville, West Virginia
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Jean Copeland m. 19 May 1978
Children	7
Residence	Summersville, West Virginia
Alma mater	West Virginia Institute of Technology

Larry Alan Tucker (November 11, 1935 – November 16, 2016) was an American politician.

Born in Carbondale, West Virginia, Tucker went to Montgomery High School. He then graduated from West Virginia University Institute of Technology. He served in the United States Army. Tucker served as the Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate from Nicholas County (12th District) from 1983 to 1989. He resigned from office after pleading guilty in United States District Court to extortion.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

In 2008, Tucker unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Tom Blankenship for the Democratic nomination for a seat on the Nicholas County Commission. He died in Summersville, West Virginia on November 16, 2016.^[5]

References

↑ (8 September 1989). Tucker Resigns West Virginia Senate Post After Guilty Plea, The Daily Sentinel (Ohio)
↑ West Virginia Blue Book. 1981. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
↑ West Virginia Blue Book. 1986. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
↑ Larry Tucker-obituary
↑ http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news-politics/20161118/former-wv-senate-leader-larry-tucker-dies

Political offices
Preceded by Dan R. Tonkovich	President of the West Virginia Senate 1989	Succeeded by Keith Burdette

Presidents of the West Virginia Senate

Phelps Stevenson D. Farnsworth Baker Sperry Johnson Arnett Summers T. Farnsworth Price Carr McCreery Wiley Worley Whitaker Marshall Smith May Northcott McDermott Forman Hatfield Woods England Goodykoontz Sinsel Arnold Shaffer Coffman White Mathews Hodges LaFon Randolph Paull Vickers Johnston Bean Carson Jackson McCourt Brotherton McGraw Tonkovich Tucker Burdette Tomblin Kessler Cole Carmichael (Designate)

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