Larry Blanding

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Larry Blanding

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|08|29}}

|office = Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives

|term_start = 1977

|term_end = 1990

|party = Democratic{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/668796792/|title=Sales tax increase for car, boats opposed|work=The Item|location=Sumter, South Carolina|date=January 10, 1990|access-date=January 7, 2024|page=8|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/670439949/|title=County Council|work=The Item|location=Sumter, South Carolina|date=March 20, 2010|access-date=January 7, 2024|page=8|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}

|alma_mater = Claflin College
South Carolina State College

}}

Larry Blanding (born August 29, 1953){{Citation|title=Legislative Manual - General Assembly of South Carolina|date=1990|publisher=General Assembly of South Carolina}} is an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives.

Life and career

Blanding attended Sumter High School, Claflin College and South Carolina State College.

Blanding served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1977 to 1990. He lost his seat as a result of Operation Lost Trust, after pleading guilty to conspiracy and extortion.{{cite news |title=5 S.C. Legislators, Lobbyist Charged in Bribery Scandal |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-21-mn-919-story.html |access-date=8 January 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=21 September 1990}}{{cite news |title=2 South Carolina Legislators Guilty of Corruption |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/10/us/2-south-carolina-legislators-guilty-of-corruption.html |access-date=8 January 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=10 March 1991}}

References

External links

[https://cdm16817.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16817coll21/id/9419 Image, Blanding welcoming President] George H. W. Bush to the South Carolina State House, 1989.

Category:1953 births

Category:Living people

Category:Democratic Party members of the South Carolina House of Representatives

Category:Claflin University alumni

Category:South Carolina State University alumni

Category:20th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly