Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-03-27
The New Member of the Cabinet.

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Hon. William Adams Richardson, or
as he is more commonly designated,
Judge Richardson, the new Secretary
of the Treasury, was born at Tyngs-i
borough, Massachusetts, November 2,
1921. He is a gentleman of decided
convictions in all matters upon which
he is called upon to act in his official
capacity, but, nevertheless, possesses a
uniform amiability of manner which
has rendered him very popular during,
his residence in Washington. Like his
predecessor, he is. democratic and
thoroughly American in his ideas, and
believes that the people have right to
consult their officers freely and at all
times in matters affecting, their inter-
ests. The Secretary is q lawyer by pro-
fession, as was his father; he has two
b-others who are also lawyers, and his
uncle, William NJ. Richardson, is chief
justice of the supreme court OF New
Hampshire. He graduated at Harvard.
in 1913; and three years later received
from that institution the degrees of A.
NJ. and \. B. On the Sth of July,
1916, on motion of the late Governor,
Andrew, of Massachusetts,, he was adj
mitted to the Boston bar, and subse7
quently began the practice of law with
his brother in Lowell. He was for two
years president of the common council
of that city; was presidentof the Wam7
iset bank of Lowell, and also of the
Mechanics association for several
! years; and in 1855, with Prot. Joel
Parker and A. a. Richmond, was APP
pointed to revise the general statutes
Of Massachusetts,. The result of his
four years labor in this direction was
so satisfactory that he was selected to
edit the revision, and it was then pub
lished in large eleven-hundred page
volume, entitled the General Statutes
of Massachusetts" which We're subse-
quently enacted into code by the leg
islature. The latter b :dy afew months
since appointed Judge Richardson and
Judge George p. Sawyer to re-revise
the statutes and the supplement, and
the former has expended a vast amount
of labor in the work, all of which ha:
been performed outside of, and in adj
/ dition to his labor as Assistant Secre'
tary of the Treasury. s5.-.+ =
In 1855 he lwas appointed Judge O
p the Probate Court of Middlesex county
and in 1858, on the consolidation of the
offices of Judge of Probate and judge
of insolvency, he was appointed to tht
P consolidated Office, whichthe held unit
the spring of 1872, when he resigned t.
accept the Office of Assistant. Secretar!
of the Treasury, which he had previ
ously filed. !, In 1869 he declined al
appointment as Judge of the Supreme
Court of Massachusetts, and in 1855 III
published a volume entitled '"Th'
, Banking Laws of Massachusetts,
, Last summer, while acting as Secretar,
' of the Treasury, he prepared and pub
lished work entitled practical Infor
nation Concerning the Public Debt o
| the United States and National Banl
). Laws" His visit TO Europe at the re
quest of Secretary Boutwell,, in 1871 t
) negotiate loan, and the signal succes
t5 of his mission, are we'll remembered
: While in Europe he placed $4,000, 90
: of five per cent bonds, and purchases
the same amount of old bonds, whicl
f he brought back to the United States
Secretary Boutwell, has always place
! high estimate ON Judge Richardson
i financial ability, and it was only at hi
earnest request that Judge r. was in
I dueed to come to Washington. Hi
J appointment to succeed secretar
: Boutwell, will, it is believed, give gen
/. eral satisfaction, since his eminent I'll
ness for the position seems to be cor
= ceded on all sides.-[ Washington @a,