Richard Mott | |
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 circa 1872 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Edgerton |
| Succeeded by | James Mitchell Ashley |
| 6th Mayor of Toledo, Ohio | |
| In office 1845–1846 | |
| Preceded by | George B. Way |
| Succeeded by | Emery D. Potter |
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| Born | Richard Mott (1804-07-21)July 21, 1804 |
| Died | January 22, 1888(1888-01-22) (aged 83) Toledo, Ohio, US |
| Resting place | Mount Hope CemeteryRochester, New York |
| Political party | Opposition,Republican |
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Richard Mott (July 21, 1804 – January 22, 1888) was an American businessman and politician who served as mayor ofToledo, Ohio and as a two-termU.S. Representative fromOhio from 1855 to 1859.
Born toQuaker parents inMamaroneck, New York, Mott attended a Quaker boarding school and seminary inDutchess County, New York.
In 1815, he moved with his parents to New York City, in 1818 became a clerk in a store, and in 1824 engaged in banking. He moved toToledo, Ohio, in 1836 and engaged in the real estate business and other enterprises. He assisted in building the first railroad west ofUtica, from Toledo to Adrian, and served as mayor of Toledo in 1845 and 1846.
Mott was aDemocrat in politics until 1848, when he entered actively into the antislavery movement. He was elected as anOpposition Party candidate to theThirty-fourth and reelected as aRepublican to theThirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1858. He returned to Toledo, and engaged in banking and the real estate business. He served as chairman of the citizens' military committee during theCivil War. Mott was also an advocate ofwoman suffrage.
He died in Toledo on January 22, 1888. He was interred inMount Hope Cemetery inRochester, New York.
He was the brother ofJames Mott and brother-in-law of the American female agitator,Lucretia Mott and brother-in-law to abolitionistLindley Murray Moore.
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