Walter E. Tucker

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Walter E. Tucker was an American politician and a state legislator in Pennsylvania. [1] After splitting votes with another African American candidate Theron B. Hamilton who ran as an independent (after being blocked from the Republican Party by mayor Charles Kline), Tucker and Hamilton lost the Republican Primary, but was able to win the election when one of the primary victors died soon after before the general election and Tucker received his party's endorsement. [2] He was the first African American state representative from Pittsburgh. [2] [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ Walton, Hanes; Puckett, Sherman C.; Deskins, Donald R. (May 1, 2012). The African American Electorate: A Statistical History. CQ Press. ISBN   9781452234380 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 Trotter, Joe W.; Day, Jared N. (June 27, 2010). Race and Renaissance: African Americans in Pittsburgh since World War II. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN   9780822977551 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Smoot, Pamela A. (February 5, 1999). "Self Help and Institution Building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1830-1945". Michigan State University. Department of History – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ D.C.), Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington (February 5, 1988). "Journal of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society". Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society. – via Google Books.
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