Richard Hickman

Richard Hickman (* November 5, 1757 in Culpeper County, Virginia; † July 3, 1832 in Clark County, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1812 and 1816 he was Deputy Governor of the State of Kentucky.

Career

Richard Hickman grew up during the British colonial period. About his youth and education, nothing is handed down. He was one of the first settlers in Clark County, which was still part of Virginia at that time. He participated in the Revolutionary War and worked as a farmer. End of the 1790s he joined the then founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. Between 1793 and 1798 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Kentucky; 1800 to 1822 he sat several times in the State Senate. In 1799 he took part in a constitutional convention of his state as a delegate.

1812 Hickman was elected to the side of Isaac Shelby to the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. This post he held 1812-1816. Yet he was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate. In 1813 he led for some time actually the official duties of the governor, while Isaac Shelby took part in the British -American War.

Richard Hickman was married to Lydia Calloway (1764-1835), with whom he had five children. He died on 3 July 1832. Hickman was a great-uncle of the seventh generation of the current U.S. president Barack Obama.