Martin T. Rucker

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Martin T. Rucker (born June 15, 1957) is an employee at Silgan Containers Corporation in St. Joseph, Missouri, and a Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives. He resides in St. Joseph with his wife, LaVell. They have had four children: Billy, Michael, Micah, and Martin II.

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He is a graduate on St. Joseph Central High School. He went on to study at Central Wyoming College in Riverton, Wyoming, and Missouri Western State University.

He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Trinity Missionary Full Gospel Church, and a member of the St. Joseph School Board of Education, the United Way Board of Directors, Inter-Serv Board of Directors.

He was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2004. He serves as Deputy Whip of the Black Caucus and Rural Caucus. He is also a member on the Special Committee on Education Funding, as well as the following standing committees:

Agriculture Policy,
Appropriations - Education, and
Senior Citizen Advocacy.

One of his sons, Mike Rucker, is a retired defensive end who played for the Carolina Panthers of the NFL. Another son, Martin, recently completed his senior season at the University of Missouri and was recently drafted by Cleveland Browns in 2008 NFL draft.