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TUCK, William Munford, a Representative from Virginia; born near High Hill, Halifax County, Va., September
28, 1896; attended the public schools; during the First World War served in the United States
Marines from June 1918 to July 1919; attended the College of William and Mary and was graduated
from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., in 1921; was admitted to the bar the same year
and commenced practice in South Boston, Va.; chairman of the Virginia State Democratic Central
Committee in 1952; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1948 and 1952; member of
the State house of delegates 1924-1932; served in the State senate 1932-1942; Lieutenant Governor
of Virginia 1942-1946; Governor of Virginia 1946-1950; resumed the practice of law; elected as a
Democrat to the Eighty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas B.
Stanley; reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from April 14, 1953, until January
3, 1969; was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress; was a resident of
South Boston, Va., until his death on June 9, 1983; interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, South Boston,
Va.
BibliographyCrawley, William B. Bill Tuck: A Political Life
in Harry Byrds Virginia. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978.
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