James Burchill Richardson Explained

James Burchell Richardson
Order:41st
Office:Governor of South Carolina
Term Start:December 8, 1802
Term End:December 7, 1804
Lieutenant:Ezekiel Pickens
Predecessor:John Drayton
Successor:Paul Hamilton
Office2:Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Clarendon District
Term2:November 25, 1816  - November 23, 1818
Term3:November 26, 1804  - November 24, 1806
Term4:November 26, 1792  - December 8, 1802
Office5:President pro tempore of the South Carolina Senate
Term5:September 15, 1813  - September 24, 1813
Predecessor5:Samuel Warren
Successor5:Savage Smith
Office6:Member of the South Carolina Senate from Clarendon District
Term6:November 26, 1810  - December 8, 1813
Office7:Member of the South Carolina Senate from Claremont and Clarendon District
Term7:November 24, 1806  - November 26, 1810
Birth Date:28 October 1770
Birth Place:Clarendon County, South Carolina
Death Place:Clarendon County, South Carolina, US
Party:Democratic-Republican

James Burchell Richardson (October 28, 1770April 28, 1836) was the Governor of South Carolina from 1802 to 1804.

Family

Born in Clarendon County to Brigadier General Richard Richardson (general), a famed Revolutionary War leader,[1] and Dorcas Richardson, an American heroine,[2] he received his education at the local schools in Clarendon County. He afterwards became a planter at the Richardsons' Big Home Plantation.

Political career

In 1792, Richardson was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives and served for ten years. The General Assembly chose him to be Governor of South Carolina in 1802 for a two-year term. During his time as governor, the legislature repealed laws against the traffic of slaves, but prohibited the importation of slaves under the age of fifteen from other states.

Upon leaving the governorship in 1804, Richardson returned as a member of the state House of Representatives. He won election to the South Carolina Senate in 1806 and served until 1814. From 1816 to 1818, Richardson was a member of the state House of Representatives for a third and final time. He spent the rest of his life on his plantation where he died on April 28, 1836, and was interred at the Richardson Cemetery.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lewis . J.D. . General Richard Richardson . The American Revolution in South Carolina . April 25, 2019.
  2. Third . Ellet . Elizabeth F. . The Women of the American Revolution . 1849 . The Women of the American Revolution/Dorcas Richardson.