Richard Fletcher (politician)
- Richard Fletcher (politician)
Infobox_Congressman
name=Richard Fletcher
state=Massachusetts
district=1st
term=March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
preceded=Abbott Lawrence
succeeded=Abbott Lawrence
date of birth=birth date|1788|1|8|mf=y
place of birth=Cavendish, Vermont
date of death=death date and age|1869|6|21|1788|1|8|mf=y
place of death=Boston, Massachusetts
spouse=
profession=
religion=
party=Whig|
Richard Fletcher (1788-1869) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Cavendish, Vermont on January 8, 1788. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1806. He taught school in Salisbury, New Hampshire, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice there.
He moved to Boston in 1819 and was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839). Fletcher was not a candidate for renomination to the Twenty-sixth Congress. He served as a judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Court 1848-1853, and died in Boston on June 21, 1869. His interment was in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.
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