John J. Wicker Jr.

{{Infobox officeholder

|birthname = John Jordan Wicker Jr.

|image =

|image_size = 220px

|caption =

|birth_date = {{birth date|1893|12|31|mf=y}}

|birth_place = Lyndon, Kentucky, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age |1985|07|20|1893|12|31}}

|death_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S.

|resting_place = Hollywood Cemetery

| 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 = {{marriage|Kate Richardson||1955|reason=died}}
{{marriage|Ruby Summers|1961}}

|signature = John_J_Wicker_Jr_signature.png

|allegiance = {{flag|United States|1912}}

|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.{{cite book |last= Dodson|first= E. Griffith|author-link= E. Griffith Dodson|title= The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1919-1939: Register|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006260269|access-date= October 13, 2016|year= 1939|publisher= Virginia State Library|location= Richmond}} 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.

Wicker married Kate Richardson. She died in 1955. He married Ruby S. in 1961. He had one daughter Katherine.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-ex-lawmaker-dies/166479471/ |title=Ex-Lawmaker Dies Here at 91 |date=1985-07-22 |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |page=14 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2025-02-23}}{{Open access}} He was buried in Hollywood Cemetery.