Larry Blanding (born August 29, 1953) 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 Claflin University is a private historically black university in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Founded in 1869 after the American Civil War by northern missionaries for the education of freedmen and their children, it offers bachelor's and master ...

and

South Carolina State College South Carolina State University (SCSU or SC State) is a public, historically black, land-grant university in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. It is the only public, historically black land-grant institution in South Carolina, is a me ...

. Blanding served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1977 to 1990. He lost his seat as a result of

Operation Lost Trust Operation Lost Trust was the name of an FBI investigation into the South Carolina General Assembly from 1989 to 1999. By the end of the investigation, seventeen members of the South Carolina General Assembly were arrested for bribery, extortion, o ...

, after pleading guilty to conspiracy and extortion.

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1953 births Living people Democratic Party members of the South Carolina House of Representatives 20th-century American legislators Claflin University alumni South Carolina State University alumni {{SouthCarolina-politician-stub