Richard M. Smith
Richard Moore Smith (October 1, 1828 – May 24, 1888) was an American from Mineral Point, Wisconsin who in 1856 spent a one-year term as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Iowa County, Wisconsin. Smith was born in Pennsylvania, the son of William Rudolph Smith, and moved with his parents to Mineral Point as a child in 1837. He served as Chairman of the Committee on Railways. He was succeeded by Republican Thomas Allen, also of Mineral Point. Smith moved to Quincy, Illinois Quincy ( ), known as Illinois's "Gem City", is a city in and the county seat of Adams County, Illinois, United States, located on the Mississippi River. The 2020 census counted a population of 39,463 in the city itself, down from 40,633 in 2010. ... in 1868, where he managed the savings department at Bull's Bank. He died in Quincy in 1888 and was buried in Mineral Point. References Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly People from Mineral Point, Wisconsin ...
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Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Mineral Point is a city in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,581 at the 2020 census. The city is located within the Town of Mineral Point. Mineral Point is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. Mineral Point was settled in 1827, becoming a lead and zinc mining center, and commercial town in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the mid-20th century it attracted artists and an artist's colony and its tourism industry began to grow. The city's well-preserved historical character within the varied natural topography of the d