Hiram Lawton Richmond (May 17, 1810 – February 19, 1885) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Hiram L. Richmond was born inChautauqua, New York. He received his early education from a private instructor and in the common schools. He studied medicine two years with his father. He attendedAllegheny College inMeadville, Pennsylvania, in 1834 and 1835 but did not graduate. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1838 and commenced the practice of law in Meadville. In early manhood was a staunchWhig but united with the Republican Party upon its organization.
Richmond was elected as a Republican to theForty-third Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in1874. He served as a member of the board of trustees of Allegheny College for many years. He resumed the practice of law, and died in Meadville in 1885. Interment inGreendale Cemetery.
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