{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Don Caruth | image = | state_senate = West Virginia | state = West Virginia | district = 10th | term_start = 2004 | term_end = 2010 | preceded = | succeeded = | party = Republican | birth_name = Donald T. Caruth | birth_date = {{birth date|1950|05|23}} | birth_place = Princeton, West Virginia | death_date = {{death date and age|2010|05|01|1950|05|23}} | death_place = Athens, West Virginia | alma_mater = Concord College, B.A.<br>West Virginia University College of Law, J.D. | occupation = Attorney | spouse = Laura }}
'''Donald T. Caruth''' (May 23, 1950 – May 1, 2010) was the minority leader of the West Virginia Senate and a former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates.<ref>[http://www.wvnstv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=79153 Notice of Caruth's death with bio] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718123244/http://www.wvnstv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=79153 |date=July 18, 2011 }}</ref> He represented the 10th district,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Senate1/Members/senmemview.cfm?input2=10 |title=Don Caruth's Senate biography |access-date=2009-07-02 |archive-date=2011-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111210717/http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Senate1/Members/senmemview.cfm?input2=10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> serving with Jesse O. Guills. His residence was in Athens, West Virginia, a town in Mercer County, where he died from brain cancer 22 days from his 60th birthday.<ref>[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=52409 Caruth's page on Project Vote Smart]</ref>
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