William M. Tuck
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William Munford Tuck (September 28, 1896 - June 9, 1983) served as Governor of Virginia from 1946 to 1950 as a Democrat. Tuck graduated from the College of William and Mary and was a Halifax, Virginia attorney who also served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. As governor, he reorganized state government, enacted a right-to-work law, and created a state water pollution control agency.
Tuck later served in Congress, where he opposed most major items of civil rights legislation during the 1950s and 1960s. He also promised "massive resistance" to the Supreme Court's 1954 decision banning segregation, Brown v. Board of Education.
In the mid-1980s, the Virginia House of Delegates considered a resolution expressing "regret and sorrow" upon the death of Tuck. The resolution was co-sponsored by then-Delegate George Allen.
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| Preceded by Colgate W. Darden Jr. |
Governor of Virginia 1946–1950 |
Succeeded by John S. Battle |
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