Don Caruth

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name=Don Caruth

|image =

|state_senate=West Virginia

|state=West Virginia

|district=10th

|term_start=2004

|term_end=2010

|preceded=

|succeeded=

|party=Republican

|birthname=Donald T. Caruth

|birth_date= {{birth date|1950|05|23}}

|birth_place=Princeton, West Virginia

|death_date={{death date and age|2010|05|01|1950|05|23}}

|death_place=Athens, West Virginia

|alma_mater=Concord College, B.A.
West Virginia University College of Law, J.D.

|occupation=Attorney

|spouse=Laura

|residence=

}}

Donald T. Caruth (May 23, 1950 – May 1, 2010) was the minority leader of the West Virginia Senate and a former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates.[http://www.wvnstv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=79153 Notice of Caruth's death with bio] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718123244/http://www.wvnstv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=79153 |date=July 18, 2011 }} He represented the 10th district,{{Cite web |url=http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Senate1/Members/senmemview.cfm?input2=10 |title=Don Caruth's Senate biography |access-date=2009-07-02 |archive-date=2011-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111210717/http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Senate1/Members/senmemview.cfm?input2=10 |url-status=dead }} serving with Jesse O. Guills. His residence was in Athens, West Virginia, a town in Mercer County, where he died from brain cancer 22 days from his 60th birthday.[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=52409 Caruth's page on Project Vote Smart]