James Buchanan Richmond

James Buchanan Richmond

James Buchanan Richmond (born February 27, 1842 in Turkey Cove , Lee County , Virginia , †  April 30, 1910 in Baltimore , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1879 and 1881 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Richmond attended Emory and Henry College in Emory . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession. During the civil war he served in various functions in the Confederation Army , in which he rose to lieutenant colonel. After the war he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He served in the Virginia House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875 .

In the congressional elections of 1878 , Richmond was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Auburn Pridemore on March 4, 1879 . Until March 3, 1881, he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . Richmond was a district judge in Scott County between 1886 and 1892 . In 1901 and 1902 he participated as a delegate to a meeting to revise the Virginia Constitution. For many years he was a legal advisor to the South Atlantic & Ohio Railroad . He also worked in the banking industry. He died in Baltimore on April 30, 1910.

Web links

• James Buchanan Richmond in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Buchanan Richmond in the database of Find a Grave (English)