Jonathan Richmond (July 31, 1774 – July 28, 1853) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
New York
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Born in
Dartmouth, Massachusetts
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, Richmond completed preparatory studies and moved to western New York in 1813, settling in
Aurora, Cayuga County, New York
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Wells College, an insti ...
. He was the Sheriff of
Cayuga County, New York
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, from 1808 to 1812, and also worked as a United States internal revenue collector.
Richmond was elected as a
Democratic-Republican
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to the
Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821).
He died in
Aurora, New York, July 28, 1853, and was interred in Aurora Cemetery.
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1774 births
1853 deaths
People from Dartmouth, Massachusetts
People from Aurora, Cayuga County, New York
Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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