Richardson A. Scurry

Richardson A. Scurry ( born November 11, 1811 in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee; † April 9, 1862 in Hempstead, Texas) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1851 and 1853 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Scurry Richardson enjoyed a private school education. After a subsequent study of law and its done around 1830 admission to the bar he began in Covington to work in this profession. Later he went to Texas, which was still part of Mexico. He took an active part in the Texas independence movement and was a soldier in the following freedom war against Mexico. Scurry was also a delegate to the meeting at the Texas proclaimed its independence from Mexico. He then worked as a lawyer in Clarksville. Scurry was at times also a judge at the Supreme Court of Texas. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In 1844 he was president of the House of Representatives of the then independent Republic of Texas. After the accession of the State to the Union, he was involved in the establishment of the first state administration. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1850 Scurry was the first electoral district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of David Spangler Kaufman on March 4, 1851. Until March 3, 1853, he was able to complete a term in Congress, which was dominated by discussions about slavery. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Scurry again practiced as a lawyer. He died on 9 April 1862 in Hempstead from complications after a leg amputation. This was a result of an accident during a hunting trip in 1854, in which he had accidentally shot in the foot.