Richard Fletcher (American politician)

For other politicians of this name, see Richard Fletcher (disambiguation).

Richard Fletcher
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st district
In office March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839
Preceded by	Abbott Lawrence
Succeeded by	Abbott Lawrence
Personal details
Born	(1788-01-08)January 8, 1788 Cavendish, Vermont
Died	Boston, Massachusetts
Political party	Whig

Richard Fletcher (January 8, 1788–June 21, 1869) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. The brother of Governor Ryland Fletcher, he was born in Cavendish, Vermont on January 8, 1788. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1806. He taught school in Salisbury, New Hampshire, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice there.

He moved to Boston in 1819 and was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839). Fletcher was not a candidate for renomination to the Twenty-sixth Congress. He served as a judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Court 1848–1853, and died in Boston on June 21, 1869. His interment was in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.

Fletcher was elected to be the first president of the American Statistical Association, although by the ASA's own admission, he was "little more than a figurehead".

See also

• List of presidents of the American Statistical Association

Sources

• Richard Fletcher at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Abbott Lawrence	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st congressional district March 4, 1837 — March 4, 1839	Succeeded by Abbott Lawrence
Legal offices
Preceded by Charles Forbes	Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 1848-1853	Succeeded by Benjamin Thomas

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