Interim Content
Richardson, William Alexander
Biography
16 Jan. 1811–27 Dec. 1875. Schoolteacher, lawyer, politician. Born near Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky. Son of James L. Richardson and Mary Edmonson. Attended Walnut Hills Seminary, Centre College, and Transylvania University, in Kentucky. Admitted to bar, 1831. Moved to Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Illinois, 1831. Served in Black Hawk War. Moved to Rushville, Schuyler Co., Illinois, 1833. Served as state attorney for Illinois’s Third Judicial Circuit, 1834–1835 and 1838. Elected to Illinois House of Representatives, 1836. Served in Illinois Senate, 1838–1842. Married Cornelia H. Sullivan, 18 Jan. 1838, in Adams Co., Illinois. Reelected to Illinois House of Representatives, 1844, where he served as Speaker of the House. Served in Mexican War, 1846–July 1847. Served as U.S. representative from Illinois for five terms, 1847–1856. Moved to Quincy, Adams Co., 1849. Ran unsuccessfully for governor of Illinois, 1856. Appointed governor of Nebraska Territory by U.S. president James Buchanan, 1857. Reelected U.S. representative from Illinois, 1861; elected U.S. senator, 1863. Died at Quincy.
Links
papers
- Account of Trial, 21–28 May 1845, Longhand [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 21–28 May 1845, Shorthand [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 24–28 May 1845–A [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Account of Trial, 24–28 May 1845–A, as Published in Trial of the Persons Indicted [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Bill for Foreclosure, 3 October 1844 [ Ivins v. E. Smith et al. ]
- Bill for Foreclosure, 3 October 1844, Copy [ Ivins v. E. Smith et al. ]
- Closing Argument of Onias Skinner, 29 May 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Closing Argument of Onias Skinner, 29 May 1845, Copy [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Deed, 1 April 1847 [ Ivins v. E. Smith et al. ]
- Demurrer, circa 18 May 1845 [ JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street]
- Demurrer, circa 29 May 1844 [ JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street ]
- Docket Entry, Affidavits and Motions, 21 May 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Allowed Claim from William A. Richardson, 30 December 1845 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- Docket Entry, Allowed Claims, 14 April 1845–19 April 1849 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS and Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- Docket Entry, Copied Documents, 26 October 1844 [ Ivins v. E. Smith et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Judgment, 11 June 1842–30 January 1851 [ United States v. Haws et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Motion Withdrawn, 24 May 1845 [ State of Illinois v. Williams et al. ]
- Draft Notes, 29 June–1 July 1844
- Final Decree, 26 May 1845 [ Ivins v. E. Smith et al. ]
- Final Decree, 26 May 1845, Copy [ Ivins v. E. Smith et al. ]
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [21 June–8 August 1844]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Introduction to Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS
- Introduction to JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Williams et al. and State of Illinois v. Elliott–C
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter, Francis M. Higbee to Willard Richards, 1 July 1844
- Letter, William A. Richardson and Others to Willard Richards and the People of Nauvoo, 1 July 1844
- Letter, William A. Richardson to Willard Richards, 1 July 1844
- Minutes, 1 July 1844
- Minutes, 1 July 1844, Draft
- Minutes, 1 July 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock
- Minutes, 1 July 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock, Draft
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Pleas and Account, circa 23 May 1844 [ JS et al. v. C. B. Street and M. B. Street ]
- Praecipe, 3 October 1844 [ Ivins v. E. Smith et al. ]
- Praecipe, 3 October 1844, Copy [ Ivins v. E. Smith et al. ]
- Statement of Account from William A. Richardson, 9 November 1845
- Summons, 20 November 1845 [ Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS ]
- Gender
- Male