J. Randolph Tucker Jr. Explained

Office:Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Richmond City
Term Start:January 11, 1950
Term End:January 8, 1958
Preceded:Edward T. Haynes
Succeeded:Thomas N. Parker Jr.
Birth Name:John Randolph Tucker Jr.
Birth Date:29 June 1914
Birth Place:Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Death Place:Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Resting Place:Hollywood Cemetery
Party:Democratic
Father:J. Randolph Tucker
Spouse:Helen McRae Wilkinson
Alma Mater:Virginia Military Institute
Profession:lawyer, judge
Allegiance: United States
Branch:United States Army
Serviceyears:1940–1946
Rank:Lieutenant colonel
Battles:World War II

John Randolph "Bunny" Tucker Jr. (June 29, 1914 – November 27, 2015) (nicknamed "Bunny") was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1950 to 1958, and later as a judge of the Circuit Court in Richmond.[1]

Early and family life

He was born in Richmond, Virginia to the former Mary Byrd Harrison (1884–1959) and John Randolph Tucker Sr. (1879–1954). His paternal grandfather was Henry St. George Tucker III, and Bunny Tucker would be the sixth generation of lawyers and judges in the family.

Although other family members had attended Washington and Lee University for their undergraduate education, Bunny Tucker attended the Virginia Military Institute, graduating in 1937. During World War II, Tucker rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, leading an Army tank crew which, among other European campaigns, liberated Mons, Belgium. He did attend and graduate from the Washington and Lee Law School after the war.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robertson. Ellen. J. Randolph Tucker Jr., Retired Richmond Circuit Court Judge, Dies at 101. 27 November 2015 . Richmond Times-Dispatch. January 12, 2016.