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James Burchell Richardson (October 28, 1770 – April 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 During his time as governor, the legislature repealed laws against the traffic of slaves, but prohibited the importation of slaves under the age of fifteen from other states.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.

References

  1. ^ Lewis, J.D. "General Richard Richardson". The American Revolution in South Carolina. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  2. ^ Ellet, Elizabeth F. (1849). The Women of the American Revolution  (Third ed.) – via Wikisource.
  • Wolfe, John Harold (1940). Jeffersonian Democracy in South Carolina. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 182, 189.

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Preceded by Governor of South Carolina
1802–1804 		Succeeded by


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