| Daniel H. Richards | |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| State Assembly: | Wisconsin |
| District: | Milwaukee 6th |
| Term Start: | January 5, 1874 |
| Term End: | January 3, 1876 |
| Predecessor: | Casper Sanger |
| Successor: | Charles Kraatz |
| Term Start1: | January 3, 1870 |
| Term End1: | January 1, 1872 |
| Predecessor1: | Joseph Phillips |
| Successor1: | Casper Sanger |
| Term Start2: | January 6, 1868 |
| Term End2: | January 4, 1869 |
| Predecessor2: | Joseph Phillips |
| Successor2: | Joseph Phillips |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Birth Date: | 12 February 1808 |
| Birth Place: | Burlington, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Death Cause: | Stroke |
| Restingplace: | Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee |
| Spouse: | Sarah Amanda Richards |
| Occupation: | Newspaper publisher |
Daniel Hamilton Richards (February 12, 1808February 6, 1877) was an American newspaper publisher, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the founder and original printer of the Milwaukee Advertiser - the first newspaper printed in Milwaukee. He also served five terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the north side of Milwaukee.
Born in Burlington, New York, Richards moved to Milwaukee in 1835, when it was still part of the Michigan Territory. In 1836, he started a newspaper the Milwaukee Advertiser - the third newspaper published in what is now the state of Wisconsin. Richards was a Democrat and served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1868, 1870, 1871, 1874, and 1875.[1]
Richards died of a stroke in Milwaukee in February 1877.[2] [3]
His eldest son, Arthur B. Richards, enlisted with the 4th Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment during the American Civil War and died of disease at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[4]
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