George Francis Richardson

George Francis Richardson
Member of the
Massachusetts State Senate
In office
1871–1873
19th Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts
In office
1867 – January 4, 1869
Preceded byJosiah G. Peabody
Succeeded byJonathan P. Folsom
Member of the
Lowell, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
In office
1864
President of the
Lowell, Massachusetts
Common Council
In office
1862–1863
Preceded byWilliam L. North[1]
Succeeded byGeorge Ripely[1]
Member of the
Lowell, Massachusetts
Common Council
Ward 6
In office
1862–1863
Personal details
BornDecember 6, 1829
Tyngsborough, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 22, 1912 (aged 82)
Lowell, Massachusetts
PartyRepublican
Alma materPhillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College, 1850; Harvard Law School, 1853
OccupationLawyer

George Francis Richardson (December 6, 1829 – March 22, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the nineteenth mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts, and as a member of the Massachusetts State Senate.

Early life and career

Richardson was born to Daniel and Hannah (Adams) Richardson, in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, on December 6, 1829. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy.[2]

Lowell graduated from Harvard College in 1850 and Harvard Law School in 1853 After this, he worked as a lawyer.[2]

Political career

Richardson while he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1872

Lowell held several offices as a Republican Party politician.[2]

Richardson served as a member of the Lowell Common Council (the lower chamber of Lowell's city council),[2] representing the 6th ward in 1862 and 1863. He served as president of the chamber for the duration of the tenure[1] He served as a member of the Board of Aldermen (the upper chamber of Lowell's city council)[2] in 1864.[3]

Richardson was elected mayor of Lowell in 1867,[4] and served as the city's nineteenth mayor from 1867 to 1869.[1] He was a delegate to the 1868 Republican National Convention.[2]

Richardson served as a member of the Massachusetts State Senate from 1871 to 1873.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 City of Lowell (1910), City Documents of the City of Lowell, Massachusetts For the Year 1909-1910, Lowell, Massachusetts: The City of Lowell, pp. 99–103
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 White, James T. (1916), The National Cyclopædia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time, Volume XV, New York, New York: James T. White & Company, p. 169
  3. 1 2 Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II, Boston, Ma: The Boston History Company, p. 341
  4. ↑ "News Summary". The Pittsburgh Commercial. December 10, 1967. p. 1. Retrieved April 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
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