William M. Richardson

William M. Richardson

William Merchant Richardson (born January 4, 1774 in Pelham , Hillsborough County , New Hampshire Colony , †  March 15, 1838 in Chester , New Hampshire ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1811 and 1814 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Richardson attended Harvard University until 1797 . After a subsequent law degree and his license to practice law in 1804, he began to work in this profession in Groton (Massachusetts). At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party . After the resignation of MP Joseph Bradley Varnum , Richardson was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on November 4, 1811 when the by-election was due for the fourth seat of Massachusetts . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on April 18, 1814 . During this time the British-American War of 1812 fell .

In 1814, Richardson moved to Portsmouth , New Hampshire, where he became a federal attorney. From 1816 he was presiding judge of the New Hampshire Supreme Court . He held this office until his death on March 15, 1838 in Chester. His nephew William Adams Richardson (1821-1896) also became a politician and was US Treasury Secretary from 1873 to 1874 .

Web links

• William M. Richardson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William M. Richardson in the database of Find a Grave (English)