Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
The lieutenant governor of Arkansas presides over the Arkansas Senate with a tie-breaking vote, serves as acting governor of Arkansas when the governor is out of state and assumes the governorship in cases of impeachment, removal from office, death or inability to discharge the office's duties. The position is elected separately from the Arkansas Governor.
Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
Image: Colonel James M. Johnson (Colorized)
Image: Harvey Parnell
Image: Gordon, Nathan Green
James Guy Tucker Jr. is an American former politician, businessman, and attorney who served as the 43rd governor of Arkansas from 1992 until his resignation in 1996 after his conviction for fraud during the Whitewater affair. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 15th lieutenant governor, state attorney general, and as a U.S. representative.
Congressional Pictorial Directory portrait, 1977
Tucker (left) meets with President Bill Clinton at the White House, 1993