1 day ago · Jim Guy Tucker, a former governor of Arkansas who was caught up in the long-running investigation that unsuccessfully targeted his predecessor as governor, Bill Clinton, died on Thursday in Little ...

James Guy Tucker Jr. (June 13, 1943 – February 13, 2025) was an American 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.

1 day ago · LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Jim Guy Tucker, who became Arkansas’ governor when Bill Clinton was elected president but was later forced from office after being convicted during the Whitewater investigation, has died. He was 81. Anna Ashton, Tucker’s daughter, said the former governor died Thursday in Little Rock from complications from ulcerative colitis.

2 days ago · PHOTO GALLERY: Arkansas' 43rd governor, Jim Guy Tucker. FAMILY HISTORY. James Guy Tucker Jr. was born June 13, 1943, in Oklahoma City, where his father was temporarily on assignment for the Social ...

1 day ago · Jim Guy Tucker, whose tumultuous 30-year career in politics included terms as a prosecuting attorney, attorney general, congressman and Arkansas’s 43rd governor, died Thursday in Little Rock.

1 day ago · LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Jim Guy Tucker, who became Arkansas’ governor when Bill Clinton was elected president but was later forced from office after being convicted during the Whitewater ...

1 day ago · Former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker and his wife Betty walk to the Little Rock, Ark., federal courthouse for a hearing Monday, May 17, 1999. The hearing is to determine the term of probation that Tucker will serve after pleading guilty to a tax-avoidance scheme in February 1998, and also the amount of restitution Tucker owes in taxes, penalties ...

1 day ago · Tucker had great success outside of politics as an attorney and businessman making his fortune in real estate development and cable TV operations across the U.S. and overseas. According to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, Jim Guy Tucker was born on June 13, 1943, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to James Guy and Willie Maude (White) Tucker.

1 day ago · Jim Guy Tucker, a onetime rising star in Arkansas politics who became governor after his predecessor, Bill Clinton, was elected president in 1992 and who resigned four years later after being ...

2 days ago · LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders released the following statement on the passing of former Governor Jim Guy Tucker: “Bryan and I join the rest of Arkansas in mourning the loss of former Governor Jim Guy Tucker. Jim Guy was part of a generation of larger-than-life Arkansans who dominated Arkansas’ political life when I was […]