Tom Easterly

Tom Easterly (April 21, 1940 – June 15, 2005) was an American politician.[1][2] He served as a Democratic member for the Kentucky Senate.[3] Easterly also served as a member for the 118th district of the Florida House of Representatives.[4][5]

Born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Ethel and Edgar E. Easterly.[3] Easterly attended at the Eastern High School, later graduating in 1958.[3] He then attended at the Carleton College, where he played baseball and football, in which Easterly graduated with his Latin honors and the honor society Phi Beta Kappa.[3] He moved to Paris for at least a year.[3] Easterly attended at the University of Kentucky, where he earned his master's degree.[3] He also earned Bronze Star Medal during his service in the United States Army.[3] Easterly had taught the language French and also attended at the University of Tennessee, where he learned about law.[3] He taught at the Kentucky State University, where he taught about the languages German and Spanish.[3] Easterly also taught about the administrator law.[3]

Easterly served as state senator for the Kentucky Senate from 1974 to 1981.[3] He had lost elections of the United States House of Representatives for the 6th's district of Kentucky, in which Larry J. Hopkins had defeated him.[6] Easterly was documented licensed to experience law in Kentucky for which he then served as a lawyer until 1987.[3] In 1985, he moved to Miami, Florida.[3] In 1988, Easterly won the election for the 118th district of the Florida House of Representatives.[4] He succeeded Robert J. Starks.[4] In 1990, Easterly was succeeded by Daryl Jones for the 118th district.[4] He moved to Beckley, West Virginia in 2000.[3] Easterly once defeated John B. Breckinridge in an election.[7]

Easterly died in June 2005 of a traffic collision in Hurricane, West Virginia, at the age of 55.[3]