William Henry Tucker (April 22, 1825 – February 3, 1866) was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.
The following year, he was elected to the La Crosse County board of supervisors, and that fall he announced that he would run for Wisconsin Senate.
[6] Tucker defeated his Republican opponent, Edwin Flint, and went on to serve in the 1858 and 1859 legislative sessions, caucusing as a Democrat.
[7] At this time, his district—the 30th Senate district—comprised all of the territory of Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau, and Vernon counties.
[9] Near the start of the American Civil War, Tucker volunteered for service with the Union Army and was commissioned captain of Company B in the 19th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment.
They arrived in the vicinity of Washington, D.C., on June 5, 1862, and were assigned to guard and provost duty in the Union-held enclave around Fort Monroe on the Virginia coast.