Richard Kidder Meade

Richard Kidder Meade (born July 29, 1803 in Lawrenceville , Brunswick County , Virginia , †  April 20, 1862 in Petersburg , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1847 and 1853 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard Meade enjoyed an academic education. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession in Petersburg. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1835 and 1838 he was a member of the Virginia Senate .

After the death of Congressman George Dromgoole , Meade was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when he was due by-election for the second seat of Virginia , where he took up his new mandate on August 5, 1847. After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1853 . These were initially shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War . Then the question of slavery was discussed in Congress .

Between July 27, 1857 and July 9, 1861, Richard Meade was the successor to William Trousdale as the American envoy to Brazil . Then he supported the Confederate States . He died in Petersburg on April 20, 1862.

Web links

• Richard Kidder Meade in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Richard Kidder Meade in the database of Find a Grave (English)