Boyd Anderson Tackett (May 9, 1911 – February 23, 1985) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Arkansas
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.
Biography
Tackett was born near
Black Springs in
Montgomery County in southwestern Arkansas. He moved with his parents to
Glenwood, Arkansas, and attended public school; afterwards, he matriculated at
Arkansas Polytechnic College at
Russellville (1930–1932), continued at
Ouachita College in
Arkadelphia
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(1932–1933), and graduated in 1935 from the
University of Arkansas School of Law
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at
Fayetteville.
After being admitted to the bar, Tackett practiced law in
Glenwood,
Murfreesboro
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, and
Nashville
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, Arkansas, until he was elected in 1936 to the
Arkansas House of Representatives
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. He also served as the
prosecuting attorney
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of the 9th Judicial Circuit of Arkansas until 1943, when he enlisted in the
United States Army
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. Tackett served as a
corporal
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in the
Signal Corps until his discharge in 1944, when he resumed his law practice in Nashville.
In 1948, Tackett was elected as a member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Arkansas's 4th District as a
Democrat
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to the
81st and
82nd Congress
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es. He did not seek reelection to the House in 1952 but instead lost his bid for the Democratic
gubernatorial
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nomination to
Francis Cherry Francis Cherry may refer to:
* Francis Cherry (governor) (1908–1965), governor of Arkansas, USA
* Francis Cherry (diplomat) (1552–1605), English ambassador to the Court of Russia, 1598–1599
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. Tackett returned to
Texarkana and his law practice, where he remained until retirement in 1980.
Tackett lived again in Nashville, Arkansas, from 1983 until his death two years later. He was interred there at Restland Memorial Park.
References
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Political Graveyard index
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1911 births
1985 deaths
Democratic Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
United States Army non-commissioned officers
People from Montgomery County, Arkansas
People from Nashville, Arkansas
People from Texarkana, Arkansas
Arkansas lawyers
Ouachita Baptist University alumni
University of Arkansas School of Law alumni
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas
20th-century American lawyers
20th-century American politicians
United States Army personnel of World War II