Birthname: | John Jordan Wicker Jr. |
Birth Date: | December 31, 1893 |
Birth Place: | Lyndon, Kentucky, U.S. |
Death Place: | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
State Senate: | Virginia |
District: | 36th |
Term Start: | January 13, 1932 |
Term End: | January 8, 1936 |
Preceded: | Waller Holladay |
Succeeded: | Gordon B. Ambler |
Party: | Democratic |
Alma Mater: | Furman University Richmond College |
Spouse: | Kate Lumpkin Richardson Ruby Louise Summers |
Signature: | John_J_Wicker_Jr_signature.png |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Army |
Unit: | Air Service |
Serviceyears: | 1917–1919 |
Battles: | World War I |
Mawards: | Officer, Legion of Honour Chevalier, Order of Leopold |
John Jordan Wicker Jr. (December 31, 1893 – July 20, 1985) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate from 1932 to 1936, representing the City of Richmond.[1] He served as the president of Fork Union Military Academy from 1930 to 1945. A founding member of the American Legion, he was elected the chairman of Virginia's 1945 Constitutional Convention which aimed to expand voting rights to members of the armed forces during wartime.