Richard McMichael
Appearance
Richard McMichael (c. 1788 - c. 1843) was an American politician from New York.
Life
[edit]He was the son of James McMichael (1752–1828) and Maria (Hall) McMichael. On December 13, 1812, he married Maria Marselis (1795–1854), and they had eight children.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Schenectady Co.) in 1820-21.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (3rd D.) from 1825 to 1828, sitting in the 48th, 49th, 50th and 51st New York State Legislatures.
Sources
[edit]- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 126f, 143, 197 and 290; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the patent and City of Schenectady from 1662 to 1800 by Jonathan Pearson (Albany, 1873; reprinted 1998; pg. 112 and 117)
- Cemetery transcriptions at Schenectady History [says "died 1843, aged 55 years"]
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- 1780s births
- 1840s deaths
- People from Schenectady County, New York
- New York (state) state senators
- Members of the New York State Assembly
- New York (state) Democratic-Republicans
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century New York (state) politicians
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