Richmond Pearson

Richmond Pearson

Richmond Pearson (born January 26, 1852 in Yadkin County , North Carolina , †  September 12, 1923 in Asheville , North Carolina) was an American politician and diplomat . Between 1895 and 1901 he represented the state of North Carolina twice in the US House of Representatives . He also served as the American envoy in several countries.

Career

Richmond Pearson was born on his father's Richmond Hill Estate. He first attended Horner's School in Oxford and then until 1872 Princeton College . After completing a law degree, he was admitted to the bar in 1874. Between 1874 and 1877 he was the American consul in Belgium . In the 1880s he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1884 and 1886 he was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives .

In the congressional elections of 1894 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Democrat William T. Crawford on March 4, 1895 , whom he had defeated in the election. After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1899 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . In 1898 he again faced William Crawford, who won this election and replaced Pearson on March 4, 1899 in Congress. However, the latter appealed against the outcome of the election. After this was granted, Pearson was able to take over his old mandate again on May 15, 1900 and end the current legislative period in Congress by March 3, 1901.

Between 1901 and 1909 Pearson served in the federal government's diplomatic service. In 1901 he became consul in Genoa ( Italy ) and in 1902, as the successor to Lloyd Carpenter Griscom, he was ambassador to Persia , today's Iran . He held this office until 1907. After that he was ambassador to Greece and Montenegro until 1909 ; then he retired. Richmond Pearson died on September 12, 1923 at his country estate "Richmond Hill" in Buncombe County .

Web links

• Richmond Pearson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Richmond Pearson in the database of Find a Grave (English)