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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJoseph RICHARDSON
(1778-1871)
RICHARDSON, Joseph, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Billerica, Mass.,
February 1, 1778; attended public and private schools; was
graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1802; teacher
in Charlestown 1804-1806; studied theology; was ordained a minister
and assigned to the first parish of the Unitarian Church in Hingham
July 2, 1806; delegate to the state constitutional convention in
1820; member of the state house of representatives in 1821 and
1822; served in the state senate in 1823, 1824, and 1826; elected
as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as an
Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congresses (March 4, 1827-March
3, 1831); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1830 to
the Twenty-second Congress; resumed his ministerial duties; died in
Hingham, Plymouth County, Mass., on September 25, 1871; interment
in Old Ship Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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