Mark Richards (politician)

For other people of the same name, see Mark Richards (disambiguation).

Mark Richards (1760–1844) was a Vermont politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives.

Born in Waterbury, Connecticut on July 15, 1760, Richards received limited schooling. He enlisted during the American Revolutionary War in 1776 and settled in Boston after the Revolution. Richardes was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1801–1805; sheriff of Windham County 1806-1810; member of the Governor’s council in 1816.

Richards was elected as a Democratic-Republican to served in the as US House of Representatives from 1817-1821 as a member of the 15th and 16th United States Congress^[1] and became the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Vermont in 1830. Richards died in Vermont.^[1]

Sources

1. ^ ^{a b} Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography, American Publishers Association, Chicago, Ill., 1914, p. 1

• Mark Richards at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Information from the Vermont Archives

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Luther Jewett	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's At-large congressional district March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	Succeeded by district eliminated
Political offices
Preceded by Henry Olin	Lieutenant Governor of Vermont 1830–1831	Succeeded by Lebbeus Egerton

Persondata
Name	Richards, Mark
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1760
Place of birth
Date of death	1844
Place of death