Richardson, John Peter, 1801-1864

Governor and Congressman in U.S. House representing South Carolina; born at Hickory Hill plantation in Clarendon County, S.C.; 1819 graduate of South Carolina College at Columbia; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Fulton, S.C.; member of the S.C. House of Representatives, 1825-1833; judge of the circuit court; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by death of Richard L. Manning; reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress where he served 1836-1839; Governor of South Carolina, 1840-1842; died in Fulton (later Pinewood), Sumter County, S.C., January 24, 1864.

From the description of John Peter Richardson papers, 1837-1844. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 744575560