Mark Richards (politician)

Mark Richards (born July 15, 1760 in Waterbury , Colony of Connecticut , †  August 10, 1844 in Westminster , Vermont ) was an American politician . Between 1817 and 1821 he represented the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Mark Richards enjoyed limited schooling and served in the Continental Army from 1776 during the War of Independence . After the war, he first settled in Boston , where he was employed in a shop. In 1796 he moved to Westminster, Vermont. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party . Between 1801 and 1805 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Vermont ; from 1806 to 1810 he was sheriff in charge of the Windham County police force . In 1812 he was one of James Madison's electors in the presidential election. Between 1813 and 1815, Richards was a member of the Advisory Board to the Governor of Vermont.

In the congressional elections of 1816 , which were held nationwide, he was elected for the second seat of this state in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Luther Jewett on March 4, 1817 . After re-election in 1818, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1821 . Even after the end of his time in Congress, Richards remained politically active. Between 1824 and 1826, as well as in 1828 and again from 1832 to 1834, he was a member of the House of Representatives from Vermont. In 1830 and 1831 he was Lieutenant Governor Deputy to Governor Samuel C. Crafts . At that time, after his party dissolved in the mid-1820s, he became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party .

Web links

• Mark Richards in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Mark Richards in the database of Find a Grave (English)