Richard H. Stanton

Richard Henry Stanton (born September 9, 1812 in Alexandria , Virginia , † March 20, 1891 in Maysville , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1849 and 1855 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard Stanton attended Alexandria Academy after preschool . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1835, he began to work in Maysville in this profession. Between 1835 and 1842 he also published the Maysville Monitor newspaper. He was also part of the post office in Maysville. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party .

In the congressional election of 1848 , Stanton was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded John Pollard Gaines of the Whig Party on March 4, 1849 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1855 . From 1849 to 1853 he was chairman of the committee for the management of public properties; from 1853 to 1855 he headed the election committee. His time in Congress was shaped by the events leading up to the civil war .

In the 1854 election, Stanton lost to Samuel F. Swope of the American Party . From 1858 to 1861 he worked as a public prosecutor. In 1868, Stanton was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in New York , where Horatio Seymour was nominated as a presidential candidate. He was a Kentucky District Judge from 1868 to 1874; then he practiced as a private lawyer until 1885. Richard Stanton then retired. He died in Maysville on March 20, 1891.

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SURNAME	Stanton, Richard H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stanton, Richard Henry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 9, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH	Alexandria , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH	March 20, 1891
Place of death	Maysville , Kentucky