Sammy Dale Dalton (born August 29, 1951) is an American educator and politician who served in both houses of the

West Virginia Legislature The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia. A bicameral legislative body, the legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates. It was established under Article VI o ...

. First elected to the House of Delegates as a 23-year old graduate student at

Marshall University Marshall University is a public research university in Huntington, West Virginia. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. The university is currently composed of nine colleges: ...

, he was elevated to the

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in 1990. In 1994, his predecessor, Lloyd G. Jackson II, ran again and defeated him in the Democratic primary, after which Dalton returned to the House for two more terms. He attempted to win back a seat in the Senate in 2002 and

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but lost the primary races to Tracy Dempsey and

Art Kirkendoll Arthur "Art" E. Kirkendoll (born November 3, 1951) is an American politician and former Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate. He represented District 7 from November 14, 2011, when West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin appointed him t ...

, respectively. In 2021, Dalton was arrested on a prostitution-related charge in a sting conducted by the Charleston Police Department.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dalton, Sammy D.) 1951 births Living people Democratic Party members of the West Virginia House of Delegates Democratic Party West Virginia state senators Marshall University alumni