Walter Rayford Tucker III (born May 28, 1957) is an American lawyer, politician and minister who served as mayor of Compton and a one-term U.S. Representative from California from 1993 to 1995.

The younger Tucker finished Compton High School in 1974 as the class valedictorian and attended Princeton University for the next two years.

[2] In Congress, Tucker served on the Committee on Public Works and Transportation and the House Small Business Committee, He introduced legislation promoting Random Acts of Kindness, opposed passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), fought to save the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, and worked to ensure the successful development of the Alameda Corridor Project.

He also worked with the Army Corps of Engineers to secure federal funding to repair the long neglected Compton Creek, thus eliminating the possibility of costly flood damage to the homes and property on either side of the waterway.

Tucker maintained his innocence throughout the trial, claiming he had been set up by government prosecutors targeting Black officeholders, although his conviction and sentence were upheld on appeal.