Charles Rich (September 13, 1771October 15, 1824) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a

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from

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Rich was born in

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in the

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to Thomas Rich and Millicent Conant. He received a limited education. He moved to Shoreham in the

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in 1787, and worked on the family farm. He served as a member of the

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from 1800 to 1811. He was a county judge in

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for six years. Rich was elected as a

to the

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, serving from March 4, 1813, to March 3, 1815. He was elected to the

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and the

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, serving from March 4, 1817, until his death on October 15, 1824. Rich died in Shoreham, Vermont, and is interred in the family vault on his farm there.

Family life

Rich married Molly Watts in 1791, and they had the following children: *Clark Rich, b. March 17, 1792, Shoreham, Addison, Vt. *Davis Rich, b. February 17, 1794, Shoreham, Addison, Vt., d. March 23, 1879, Shoreham, Addison, Vt. *Polly Rich, b. June 15, 1796, Shoreham, Addison, Vt. *Hiram Rich, b. September 15, 1798, Shoreham, Addison, Vt., d. March 2, 1859, Brandon, VT. *John Thurman Rich, b. October 12, 1800, Shoreham, Addison, Vt, d. October 12, 1846, Shoreham, Addison, Vt. *Charles Rich, b. July 30, 1802, Shoreham, Addison, Vt., d. July 16, 1872, Lapeer, Mi. *Quintus Cincinnatus Rich, b. September 18, 1804, Shoreham, Addison, Vt., d. November 4, 1879, Shoreham, Addison, Vt. *Clarissa Rich, b. 1806, Shoreham, Addison, Vt. *Virtulon Rich, b. 1809, Shoreham, Addison, Vt, d. May 10, 1891, Shoreham, Addison, Vt. *Gasca Rich, b. October 13, 1811, Shoreham, Addison, Vt., d. December 18, 1894, Shoreham, Addison, Vt. *Catherine Rich, b. 1813, Shoreham, Addison, Vt. Charles Rich Jr. served on the Michigan Board of Agriculture, as a county court judge, and in other offices. John W. Rich's son

John Tyler Rich John Treadway Rich (April 23, 1841 – March 28, 1926) was an American politician serving as a U.S. Representative and the 23rd governor of Michigan. Early life in Pennsylvania, Vermont and Michigan Rich was born in Conneautville, Pennsylvania, ...

, was a United States Representative from Michigan and the 23rd Governor of Michigan. Davis Rich fathered Lucina Artemesia Rich who married Archibald Dewey of Burlington, Vt. Their sons included the famous philosopher and educator

John Dewey John Dewey (; October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the f ...

and the MIT economics professor Davis Dewey.

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