Joseph Richardson (February 1, 1778 – September 25, 1871) was aU.S. Representative fromMassachusetts.

Born inBillerica, Massachusetts, Richardson attended public and private schools. He graduated fromDartmouth College,Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1802. He was a teacher in Charlestown 1804-1806. He studied theology and was ordained a minister and assigned to the first parish of the Unitarian Church inHingham on July 2, 1806. He served as delegate to theMassachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820–1821. He served as member of the state house of representatives in 1821 and 1822. He served in the state senate in 1823, 1824, and 1826.

Richardson was elected as an Adams candidate to theTwentieth Congress and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to theTwenty-first Congresses (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1830 to theTwenty-second Congress.

He resumed his ministerial duties, and died inHingham, Massachusetts, on September 25, 1871. He was interred in Old Ship Cemetery.

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