John Randolph Tucker (judge)

John Randolph Tucker (August 13, 1854 – December 18, 1926) was an American judge and Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate.[1]

J. Randolph Tucker
Judge of the United States District Court for the Territory of Alaska
In office
November 1, 1913 – November 1, 1917
Appointed byWoodrow Wilson
Preceded byCornelius D. Murane
Succeeded byWilliam A. Holzheimer
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the 22nd district
In office
January 8, 1908 – October 25, 1913
Preceded byJ. Lawrence Campbell
Succeeded byWilliam T. Paxton
Personal details
Born
John Randolph Tucker

(1854-08-13)August 13, 1854
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedDecember 18, 1926(1926-12-18) (aged 72)
Bedford, Virginia
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Mary Singleton Hampton

He was born in Philadelphia to Dr. David Hunter Tucker and the former Elizabeth Dallas. His father, son of Henry St. George Tucker, Sr., was then serving as Dean of the Medical College of Virginia.

He was sometimes referred to as "J. Randolph Tucker, Jr.," to distinguish him from his uncle, a U.S. congressman.

In 1913, Tucker was appointed by Woodrow Wilson to a four-year term on the federal bench in the Alaska territory. While there, Judge Tucker named the Wade Hampton Census Area in Alaska to commemorate his father-in-law, South Carolina politician Wade Hampton III. In 2015, after new attention was brought to Hampton's status as a Confederate general and ardent supporter of the Ku Klux Klan, the area was re-designated as the Kusilvak Census Area.[2]

References
  1. Swem, Earl G. (1918). Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776–1918. Richmond: Virginia State Library. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  2. Demer, Lisa (July 2, 2015). "Wade Hampton no more: Alaska census area named for confederate officer gets new moniker". Alaska Dispatch News. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
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