About Daniel H. Richards
Lived 1808 – 1877 (aged 68). Daniel H. Richards was an American politician, editor and journalist.
Daniel Hamilton Richards (February 12, 1808 – February 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.
Biography
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.
Richards died of a stroke in Milwaukee in February 1877.
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.
Electoral history Wisconsin Assembly (1869, 1870, 1871)
Wisconsin Assembly (1873, 1874)
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Who was Daniel H. Richards?
American politician and newspaper editor
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Daniel H. Richards was born on 12 February 1808 in Burlington.
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Daniel H. Richards died on 6 February 1877 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Daniel H. Richards was a politician, editor and journalist.
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Daniel H. Richards was American.
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