A campaign pin from Ralph Tucker ’ s spirited but unsuccessful run for governor of Indiana in 1955 . ( Courtesy of John Becker )
legacy ’ s worst enemy . “ Every time Tucker appointed a member to the fire or police department , he made at least three or four people unhappy … So , after you ’ ve been mayor for 20 years , if you just move , you ’ re bound to step on somebody ’ s toes one way or the other … They tried year after year to indict Tucker for something , including his income tax , and he came up as clean as a hound ’ s tooth every time . And I don ’ t think there ’ s any public official that more effort was made to discredit than there was Tucker . Yet that discredit never came , and although he beat me , I ’ m
Tucker with JFK : Mayor Ralph Tucker , center , with Congressman Fred Wampler , greets John Kennedy when the presidential candidate made a campaign stop in Terre Haute October 5 , 1960 . ( Courtesy of Robert Kadel and the Terre Haute Tribune-Star )
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