Donald Kofi Tucker
Donald Kofi Tucker | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 28th Legislative District | |
In office January 8, 2002 – October 17, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Wilfredo Caraballo |
| Succeeded by | Evelyn Williams |
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 29th Legislative District | |
In office January 13, 1998 – January 8, 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Willie B. Brown |
| Succeeded by | Wilfredo Caraballo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1938-03-18)March 18, 1938 Newark, New Jersey |
| Died | October 17, 2005(2005-10-17) (aged 67) |
| Political party | Democratic |
Donald Kofi Tucker (March 18, 1938 – October 17, 2005) was an American politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1998 until his death in 2005, representing the 28th legislative district. He was also a member of the Municipal Council of Newark, serving from 1974 until his death.
Tucker received a B.A. degree from Goddard College in Urban Planning. He served in the United States Air Force from 1955-1959 as an Airman Second Class.[1]
Tucker served as a Councilman-at-Large in Newark and served on the Newark City Council from 1974 and on the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission from 1985.
Tucker was a member of the Essex County chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality and was involved in efforts to desegregate Newark's public housing projects. He founded a tenants council and served as chairman of the New Jersey Black Issues Convention.
He was the Assembly's Speaker Pro Tempore from 2002 until his death. Tucker served on the Assembly's Commerce and Economic Development Committee (as Chair) and on the Joint Committee on the Public Schools.
Despite his failing health — he suffered from diabetes, survived a stroke, and had a pacemaker implanted — he remained in his seat in the Assembly and on the Newark City Council (where he served for 31 continuous years) until his death in 2005. In 2008, his widow, Cleopatra Tucker, was elected to the Assembly to represent the 28th district.
District 28
Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 28th District for the 2004-2005 Legislative Session were:
- Assemblyman Craig A. Stanley, and
- Senator Ronald Rice
References
^ "Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey" (PDF). Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey. Newark, NJ: Skinder-Strauss Associates (First Session): 281. 2004. ISBN 1-57741-187-0. Retrieved 27 October 2017.Assemblyman Tucker is serving his fourth term in the Assembly. Mr. Tucker is an at-large city councilman in Newark, a position he has held since 1974. He was born in Newark on March 18, 1938, and is a graduate of the city’s Central High School. He received a degree in urban planning at Goddard College in Vermont and has taken post-graduate public administration courses at Rutgers University. Assemblyman Tucker is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, having served from 1955 to 1959. The assemblyman is a founding member of the United Brothers, the Centre, Inc., the Newark Coalition for Low Income Housing, the Newark Tenants Council, and the city’s first comprehensive drug treatment program and first high school equivalency program. He is a former field secretary and vice chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) of Essex County. He worked in the civil rights movement in Mississippi and Maryland during the 1960’s. He is married to the former Cleopatra Gibson and has two adult children.
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External links
- Assemblyman Tucker's Legislative Website
- New Jersey Voter Information Website 2003
- Obituary from Newark Star-Ledger
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