John F. Raper

John F. Raper, Jr. (June 13, 1913- June 10, 1993) was a Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court from December 18, 1974 to June 14, 1983.

Born in Mapleton, Iowa, Raper received his J.D. from the University of Wyoming in 1936 and undertook the practice of law in Sheridan, Wyoming. He served in World War II and the Korean War, otherwise maintaining his law practice into the 1950s.[1]

In 1953, Raper was appointed United States Attorney for Wyoming.[2]

He was then Wyoming Attorney General, and a Wyoming district court judge until he was appointed by to the Wyoming Supreme Court, on December 18, 1974, by Governor Stanley K. Hathaway. Raper served until his retirement, on June 14, 1983.[1]

After a decade in retirement, Raper died in Cheyenne, Wyoming on June 10, 1993. Having also been a colonel in the Wyoming National Guard, the National Guard armory in Cheyenne is named for him.[1]

References
  1. Wyoming State Archives biography of John F. Raper, available at 2301 Central Ave, Cheyenne, WY 82001.
  2. Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States (1957), p. 1355.
Political offices
Preceded by
John J. McIntyre		 Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court
1974–1983		 Succeeded by
G. Joseph Cardine


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