About Richard H. Wells
Lived 1801 – 1896 (aged 94–95). Richard H. Wells was an American politician.
Richard H. Wells (1831 – March 12, 1896) was an American state legislator in Florida. He represented Leon County, Florida in the Florida House of Representatives from 1868 to 1872.
He was born in Smithfield, Virginia.
As a member of the Assembly his salary in 1871 was $500.
In 1870 he nominated Frederick Douglass to be a U.S. senator from Florida and Democrat nominated Jefferson Davis.
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American state legislator (1831–1896)
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Richard H. Wells was born in 1801 in Smithfield.
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Richard H. Wells died on 12 March 1896.
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Richard H. Wells was a politician.
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Richard H. Wells was American.
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