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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJames Daniel RICHARDSON
(1843-1914)
RICHARDSON, James Daniel,
a Representative from Tennessee; born in Rutherford County, Tenn.,
March 10, 1843; attended the country schools and Franklin College,
near Nashville; during the Civil War entered the Confederate Army
before graduating from college and served nearly four years, the
first year as a private and the remaining three years as adjutant
of the Forty-fifth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry; studied law; was
admitted to the bar and commenced practice January 1, 1867, in
Murfreesboro, Tenn.; member of the State house of representatives,
1871-1873; served in the State senate, 1873-1875; delegate to the
Democratic National Conventions in 1876, 1896, and 1900; presided
as permanent chairman at the last-named convention; chairman of the
Democratic congressional committee in 1900; editor and compiler of
the Government publication entitled “Messages and Papers of
the Presidents”; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and
to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1905);
minority leader (Fifty-seventh Congress); died in Murfreesboro,
Tenn., July 24, 1914; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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