John Peter Richardson II

John Peter Richardson II

Infobox Governor
name=John Peter Richardson II


caption=
order=59th
office=Governor of South Carolina
term_start=December 9, 1840
term_end=December 8, 1842
lieutenant=W. K. Clowney
predecessor=Barnabas Kelet Henagan
successor=James Henry Hammond
birth_date=Birth date|1801|4|14
birth_place=Clarendon County, South Carolina
death_date=Death date and age|1864|1|24|1801|4|14
death_place=Fulton, South Carolina
spouse=
profession=
party=Democratic
religion=
footnotes=

John Peter Richardson II (April 14, 1801ndash January 24, 1864) was an antebellum Democratic Governor of South Carolina from 1840 to 1842.

Early life and career

Born on Hickory Hill Plantation in Clarendon County, Richardson was educated at Moses Waddel's School in Willington. He graduated from South Carolina College in 1819 and practiced law upon passing the bar. At the age of 24, Richardson was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1825 and was known as a Unionist during the Nullification Crisis of the early 1830's. He was elevated to the South Carolina Senate in 1834 and successfully won a seat in Congress as a Jacksonian for the 7th district after the death of Richard Irvine Manning I in 1836. Switching to the 8th district and running as a Democrat, Richardson won reelection to Congress for a full term.

As Governor

By the late 1830's, South Carolina's political leaders grew increasingly anxious about the prospects of the Whigs taking control of the federal government and enacting high tariffs. The only option that they felt available to them was the reconciliation of the factions in South Carolina and to put up a united opposition through the Democratic Party. John C. Calhoun, Robert Rhett and Franklin H. Elmore led the effort to unite the Unionists and the Secessionists and one measure undertaken to reunite the factions was the election of Richardson as Governor of South Carolina in 1840. Nonetheless, extreme secessionists opposed a Unionist being governor and James Henry Hammond entered the gubernatorial race to oppose Richardson. The South Carolina General Assembly followed the lead of Calhoun to end the infighting and Richardson was elected governor.

Richardson's term as governor was marked by the Bank of South Carolina refusing to adopt new banking regulations and the enactment of the Tariff of 1842 by the federal government. He promoted the establishment of the South Carolina Military Academy in Charleston because he felt that the militia of the state should be well educated and trained.

Later life

Upon leaving the governorship in 1842, Richardson remained active in politics by participating at the Southern Convention of 1850, the Southern Rights Convention of 1852 and he signed the Ordinance of Secession at the Secession Convention of 1860. He died in Fulton on January 24, 1864 and was buried at the Richardson Cemetery on Hickory Hill Plantation.

External links

* [http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/jprichardson.html SCIway Biography of John Peter Richardson II]
* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=f3359d25cfc4a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD NGA Biography of John Peter Richardson II]
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000224 United States Congress Biography of John Peter Richardson II]


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