Jump to content

Richard French (American politician)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard French
Born20 June 1792 Edit this on Wikidata
Boonesborough Edit this on Wikidata
Died1 May 1854 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 61)
Covington Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationPolitician, lawyer Edit this on Wikidata
Position heldunited States Representative, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives Edit this on Wikidata

Richard French (June 20, 1792 – May 1, 1854) was an American lawyer and politician who served three separate times as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Early life and career

[edit]

Born near Boonesborough, Kentucky, French attended private schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practice in Winchester, Kentucky. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1820–1826. He served as judge of the circuit court in 1829.

U.S. House

[edit]

French was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Kentucky in 1840.

French was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845).

French was again elected to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849).

After Congress

[edit]

He resumed the practice of law. He died in Covington, Kentucky, on May 1, 1854. He was interred in the family burial ground near Mount Sterling, Kentucky.

References

[edit]
  • United States Congress. "Richard French (id: F000379)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Allen, William B. (1872). A History of Kentucky: Embracing Gleanings, Reminiscences, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Statistics, and Biographical Sketches of Pioneers, Soldiers, Jurists, Lawyers, Statesmen, Divines, Mechanics, Farmers, Merchants, and Other Leading Men, of All Occupations and Pursuits. Bradley & Gilbert. pp. 287. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  • Townsend, John Wilson (1907). Richard Hickman Menefee. Neale Publishing. pp. 74–75. Retrieved 2008-11-22.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Party political offices
Preceded by
Matthews Flournoy
Democratic nominee for Governor of Kentucky
1840
Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 11th congressional district

1835 – 1837 (obsolete district)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 9th congressional district

1843 – 1845 (obsolete district)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 9th congressional district

1847 – 1849 (obsolete district)
Succeeded by