Boyd Anderson Tackett

Boyd Anderson Tackett (May 9, 1911 – February 23, 1985) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.

Biography

Tackett was born near Black Springs, 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 his education at Ouachita College in Arkadelphia (1932–1933), and graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Law at Fayetteville in 1935.

After being admitted to the bar, Tackett practiced law in Glenwood, Murfreesboro, and Nashville, Arkansas until elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1937. He also served as the prosecuting attorney of the ninth judicial circuit of Arkansas until his enlistment in the United States Army in 1943. Tackett served as a corporal in the Signal Corps until his discharge in 1944, when he resumed his law practice in Nashville.

In 1945 Tackett was elected Arkansas State Police Commissioner, a position which he held until election as a Democrat to the 81st and 82nd Congresses; he was not a candidate for reelection in 1952, despite his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Tackett returned to Texarkana and his law practice, where he remained until his retirement in 1980.

Tackett lived in Nashville from 1983 until his death on February 23, 1985. He was interred in Restland Memorial Park.

References

• Boyd Anderson Tackett at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Find-A-Grave biography
• Political Graveyard index