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Richardson, John Smythe

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born April 11, 1777, in Sumter, S. C. He was an associate judge of the general sessions and of the common pleas, and presiding judge of the court of appeals; and was elected a member of congress in 1820, but owing to some exigency in his private affairs, was not qualified. He was a member of the state legislature, and attorney-general for the state of South Carolina. He died May 8, 1850, in Charleston, S. C.