Clifton Russell Richardson | |
State House: | Louisiana |
District: | 65th |
Term Start: | January 14, 2008 |
Term End: | January 2, 2013 |
Predecessor: | Donald Ray Kennard |
Successor: | Barry Ivey |
Birth Date: | 30 May 1944 |
Birth Place: | Independence, Louisiana |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Greenwell Springs, Louisiana |
Nationality: | American |
Spouse: | Dianne Carpenter |
Party: | Republican |
Occupation: | electrical contractor |
Profession: | politician |
Clifton Russell "Clif" Richardson (May 30, 1944 – March 6, 2020) was an American politician.
He was elected as a Republican to represent Louisiana's 65th house district in East Baton Rouge Parish in 2007 and was re-elected in 2011.[2] An aide lodged a sexual harassment allegation against him for what Richardson characterized as a joke of a sexual nature. The state of Louisiana paid out $50,000 to settle the claim in May 2012.[3] He resigned on January 2, 2013, due to cancer.[4] He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards ordered flags to fly at half-staff following Richardson's death.[5]