Richard Clough Anderson

Richard Clough Anderson (born August 4, 1788 in Louisville , Virginia , †  July 24, 1826 in Cartagena , Greater Colombia ) was an American politician . Between 1817 and 1821 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives . He was also the American envoy in what is now Colombia .

Career

Richard Anderson, who was born in what is now Kentucky, initially enjoyed a private education and then attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg (Virginia) until 1804 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession. Politically, Anderson was a member of the Democratic Republican Party . In 1815 he became a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives . In the congressional election of 1816 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Stephen Ormsby on March 4, 1817 . After re-election in 1818, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 4, 1821 . From 1819 he was chairman of the committee for the management of public properties.

In 1820, Anderson declined to run again for Congress. From 1821 to 1822 he was again a member of the state parliament, whose speaker he was in 1822. In January 1823, Anderson was named the first American envoy to Colombia. Richard Anderson died on July 24, 1826 in Cartagena and was buried on the Soldiers Retreat near Louisville. In Kentucky, Anderson County was named after him.

Web links

• Richard Clough Anderson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Richard Clough Anderson in the database of Find a Grave (English)