Richard Fletcher (politician)

Richard Fletcher

Richard Fletcher (born January 8, 1788 in Cavendish , Windsor County , Vermont , †  June 21, 1869 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1837 and 1839 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard Fletcher enjoyed a good elementary school education and then studied until 1806 at Dartmouth College in Hanover . From 1806 to 1808 he worked as a teacher in Salisbury , also in the state of New Hampshire . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1809, he began to work in Salisbury in this profession. From 1819 he lived in Boston. In the 1830s he embarked on a political career as a member of the Whig Party .

In the 1836 congressional election , Fletcher was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Abbott Lawrence on March 4, 1837 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1838, he could only complete one legislative term in Congress until March 3, 1839 . Richard Fletcher was a judge on the Supreme Court of Massachusetts between 1848 and 1853 . He died in Boston on June 21, 1869.

Web links

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

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