Larry Tucker (politician)

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{For|the screenwriter and actor|Larry Tucker (screenwriter)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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|office = President of the West Virginia Senate

|term_start = January 11, 1989

|term_end = September 7, 1989

|predecessor = Dan R. Tonkovich

|successor =Keith Burdette

|state_senate2= West Virginia

|district2 = 12th

|term_start2 = December 1, 1982

|term_end2 = September 7, 1989

|predecessor2 =

|successor2 = Walt Helmick

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|birth_date ={{Birth date|1935|11|11}}

|birth_place = Carbondale, West Virginia

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|11|16|1935|11|11}}

|death_place = Summersville, West Virginia

|party = Democratic

|spouse =Jean Copeland
m. 19 May 1978

|children = 7

|alma_mater=West Virginia Institute of Technology

|residence = Summersville, West Virginia

|profession =

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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.(8 September 1989). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yyVDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1qwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4839,3754782&dq=larry-tucker+west+virginia+senate&hl=en Tucker Resigns West Virginia Senate Post After Guilty Plea], The Daily Sentinel (Ohio){{cite book|title=West Virginia Blue Book|date=1981|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pPrvAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2015-04-05}}{{cite book|title=West Virginia Blue Book|date=1986|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwDwAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2015-04-05}}[http://www.wvgazettemail.com/Obituaries#OBIT-23 Larry Tucker-obituary]

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news-politics/20161118/former-wv-senate-leader-larry-tucker-dies|title=Former WV Senate leader Larry Tucker dies|date=18 November 2016 }}