US Congressman. He was born in Black Springs, Arkansas, to John Green Starks Tackett and Myrtle Linnie Sandlin Tackett and later moved with his parents to Glenwood, Arkansas. He was educated in the local public schools and then attended the Arkansas Polytechnic College in Russellville, Arkansas, from 1930 to 1932, Ouachita College in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, from 1932 to 1933, and studied law at the University of Arkansas Law School Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he graduated from in 1935. He then was admitted to the Arkansas state bar and began his practice of law in Glenwood, Arkansas, Murfreesboro, Arkansas, and then in Nashville, Arkansas, until he decided to enter politics. On April 20, 1936, he married Norma Virginia Armstrong in Pike, Arkansas, and the couple had two children together. He then served as a Member of the Arkansas State House of Representatives from 1936 to 1941, and as the Prosecuting Attorney for the 9th Judicial Circuit of Arkansas from January 1, 1941, until his enlistment in October of 1943. Following the outbreak of World War II, he put his career on hold to serve his country. He served with the rank of Corporal in the United States Army Signal Corps (or USASC) in the war from October 4, 1943, until his discharge from active duty on November 5, 1944. He then returned to Nashville, Arkansas, and resumed his law practice. He then served as a State Police Commissioner of Little Rock, Arkansas, from 1945 to 1948. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected in 1948. A Democrat, he then served Arkansas's 4th District (Eighty-First and Eighty-Second Congresses) in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1953. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1952 but was unsuccessful for the Democratic gubernatorial (Governor of Arkansas Candidate) nomination losing his bid to United States Representative Francis Adams Cherry, Sr. After his term in the United States Congress expired on January 3, 1953, he was succeeded in office by United States Representative Oren Harris. Following his retirement from politics, he relocated to Texarkana, Arkansas, where he resumed his practice of law until his retirement from law in 1980. He then moved back to Nashville, Arkansas, in 1983, and this is where he spent the remainder of his life. He passed away on February 23, 1985, at the age of 73, and was buried in the Restland Memorial Park in Nashville, Arkansas. His wife Norma passed away on July 18, 1996, at the age of 82, and was buried with her husband. He was a longtime member of both the Arkansas Bar Association and the American Bar Association.