Richard M. Smith

For the American politician from Virginia, see R. Maclin Smith. For the American journalist, see Richard Mills Smith.

Richard Moore Smith (October 1, 1828 – May 24, 1888) was an American from Mineral Point, Wisconsin who in 1856 spent a one-year term as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Iowa County, Wisconsin.[1][2]

Smith was born in Pennsylvania, the son of William Rudolph Smith, and moved with his parents to Mineral Point as a child in 1837.[3] He served as Chairman of the Committee on Railways.[4] He was succeeded by Republican Thomas Allen, also of Mineral Point. Smith moved to Quincy, Illinois in 1868, where he managed the savings department at Bull's Bank. He died in Quincy in 1888[3] and was buried in Mineral Point.

  1. ^ State of Wisconsin Legislative Bureau. "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999 Archived 2006-12-09 at the Wayback Machine Information Bulletin 99-1, September 1999. p. 108
  2. ^ "The Legislature". Wisconsin State Journal. November 19, 1855. p. 2. Retrieved July 15, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ a b "Richard M. Smith". Chicago Tribune. May 25, 1888. p. 3. Retrieved July 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Assembly, Wisconsin. Legislature (1856). "Journal of the Assembly of Wisconsin Annual Session AD 1856": 4, 73, 234, 399, 613. Retrieved 17 November 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)