James Burchill Richardson

James Burchill Richardson ( born October 28, 1770, the Clarendon County South Carolina, † April 28, 1836 ) was an American politician and from 1802 to 1804 Governor of South Carolina.

Early years and Governor of South Carolina

James Richardson received his education in the local schools of his home. He then worked on his large plantation as a planter. Richardson's political career began in 1792. In that year he was elected to the House of Representatives of South Carolina. This mandate he retained until 1802. In that year he was elected as a Democratic-Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson as governor of his country. The new governor took office on 1 December 1802. In his two-year tenure of the slave trade in South Carolina was further expanded. In direct connection with slavery is the economic boom of those years in which the cotton into the leading export commodity of South Carolina. Richardson, who was himself the owner of a large plantation, of course, supported this development. Otherwise, his term was uneventful. The former constitution forbade a direct re-election and therefore he was not allowed to be re-elected in 1804.

Another Journey

After the end of his term on December 1, 1804 he was until 1806 a deputy in the regional parliament. Between 1806 and 1814, he was in the Senate of his country and finally he returned again from 1816 to 1818 back in the House of Representatives of South Carolina. In 1812, he was also still president of the Bank of South Carolina. He was also a curator of some educational institutions of his country. The rest of his life he spent on his plantation. Richardson has a remarkably large political relationship. He was the uncle or great-uncle of five governors of South Carolina, and their names were either Richardson or Manning. He was married to Ann Cantey Sinkler.