John S. Richardson
John Smythe Richardson (born February 29, 1828 in Sumter , South Carolina , † February 24, 1894 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1879 and 1883 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .
Career
John Richardson was born on the Bloomhill Plantation in Sumter County . He first attended a school in Cokesbury and then studied until 1850 at South Carolina College , now the University of South Carolina in Columbia . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1852, he began to work in Sumter in his new profession.
During the Civil War served Richardson as an officer in the army of the Confederate States . After the war he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1865 and 1867 he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives . In 1876 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention , on which Samuel J. Tilden was nominated as a presidential candidate.
In 1878 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of South Carolina . There he took over from Joseph Hayne Rainey on March 4, 1879 . After re-election in 1880, he was able to complete two consecutive terms in Congress until March 3, 1883 . After serving in the House of Representatives, Richardson was employed as a Master of Equity in Sumter County between 1884 and 1893 . He died on February 24, 1894 on his estate "Shadyside" near Sumter.
Web links
- John S. Richardson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- John S. Richardson in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Richardson, John S. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Richardson, John Smythe (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 29, 1828 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | near Sumter , South Carolina |
DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1894 |
Place of death | near Sumter , South Carolina |