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Charles L. Richards Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Nevada's At-Large districtIn office
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925Preceded by Samuel S. Arentz Succeeded by Samuel S. Arentz Personal details Born October 3, 1877
Austin, NevadaDied December 22, 1953 (aged 76)
Reno, NevadaPolitical party Democratic Profession Attorney Charles Lenmore Richards (October 3, 1877 – December 22, 1953) was a United States Representative from Nevada.
Born in Austin, Nevada, Richards attended public schools in Nevada and Pennsylvania. He graduated from the law department of Stanford University, in 1901. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tonopah, Nevada, in 1901. He was the district attorney of Nye County in 1903 and 1904. In 1919 he was a member of the Nevada Assembly and moved to Reno. He served as chairman of the Democratic State committee in 1922 and as councilor from Nevada to the United States Chamber of Commerce from March 29, 1923, to May 20, 1924.
Richards was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925). He ran for reelection in 1924 but did not win. He resumed the practice of law in Reno until his death there on December 22, 1953. He was buried in Mountain View Cemetery.
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United States House of Representatives Preceded by
Samuel S. ArentzUnited States House of Representatives, Nevada At-Large
1923–1925Succeeded by
Samuel S. ArentzMembers of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada Territorial (1861-1864) At-large seat (1864-1983) 1st district (1983-present) 2nd district (1983-present) 3rd district (2003-present) Categories:- 1877 births
- 1953 deaths
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