Joseph Richardson

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Joseph Richardson (born February 1, 1778 in Billerica , Massachusetts , †  September 25, 1871 in Hingham , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1827 and 1831 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Richardson attended both public and private schools and studied afterwards until 1802 at Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ). Between 1804 and 1806 he worked as a teacher in Charlestown . After studying theology and being ordained a clergyman of the Unitarian Church in 1806, he began to work in his new profession in Hingham. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In 1820, he attended a meeting to revise the Massachusetts Constitution as a delegate . Between 1821 and 1822 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ; from 1823 to 1826 he was a member of the State Senate twice . In the 1820s he joined the movement against future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party .

In the 1826 congressional election , Richardson was elected to the Eleventh constituency of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Aaron Hobart on March 4, 1827 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1831 . Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

In 1830, Joseph Richardson declined to run again. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he worked again as a clergyman. He died on September 25, 1871 in Hingham, where he was also buried.

Web links

  • Joseph Richardson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Richardson, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Billerica , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1871
Place of death Hingham , Massachusetts