Hiram Lawton Richmond (May 17, 1810 – February 19, 1885) was a Republican member of the

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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

. Hiram L. Richmond was born in

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. He received his early education from a private instructor and in the common schools. He studied medicine two years with his father. He attended

Allegheny College Allegheny College is a private liberal arts college in Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1815, Allegheny is the oldest college in continuous existence under the same name west of the Allegheny Mountains. It is a member of the G ...

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, in 1834 and 1835 but did not graduate. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1838 and commenced the practice of law in Meadville. In early manhood was a staunch Whig but united with the Republican Party upon its organization. Richmond was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in

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. He served as a member of the board of trustees of Allegheny College for many years. He resumed the practice of law, and died in Meadville in 1885. Interment in Greendale Cemetery.

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The Political Graveyard

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* * Pennsylvania lawyers 1810 births 1885 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania People from Chautauqua, New York 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives Burials at Greendale Cemetery 19th-century American lawyers {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub