Richard Hutson
8th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
In office
January 31, 1782 – February 4, 1783
GovernorJohn Matthews
Preceded byChristopher Gadsden
Succeeded byRichard Beresford
1st Mayor of Charleston
In office
1783–1785
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byArnoldus Vanderhorst
Personal details
BornJuly 9, 1748[1]
Charleston, South Carolina, British America
DiedApril 12, 1795[1]

Richard Hutson (July 9, 1748 – April 12, 1795) was a Founding Father of the United States and an American lawyer, judge, politician, and planter from Charleston, South Carolina. He was born in June 1747 to Rev. William Hutson and Mary Hutson (née Woodward).[2] His family moved to Charleston in 1756 when his father was the pastor at the Circular Congregational Church.[2] After having been educated in Charleston as a child, he attended Princeton.[2]

In 1778 and 1779 he represented South Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he signed the Articles of Confederation. After the British captured Charleston in May 1780, he was held as a prisoner at St. Augustine, Florida until July 1781. After he returned home, he served as the eighth lieutenant governor of South Carolina under Governor John Mathews in 1782 and 1783. On September 11, 1783, Hutson was elected the first intendant (mayor) of Charleston.[3] He was re-elected on September 13, 1784, winning against Alexander Gillon by a vote of 387 to 127.[4] After his time as intendant of Charleston, he was one of the first three chancellors of the Court of Equity of South Carolina.[1]

He is buried in a vault at the Independent Congregational (Circular) Churchyard in Charleston.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hutson, William Maine (1908). "The Hutson Family of South Carolina". The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine. 9: 127–140.
  2. ^ a b c O'Neall, John Belton (1859). Biographical Sketches of the Bench and Bar of South Carolina (vol. 2). Charleston, South Carolina: S.G. Courtenay & Co. pp. 211–212. ISBN 9780608408484.
  3. ^ "Charleston, Sept. 13". The South-Carolina Weekly Gazette. Charleston, South Carolina. September 13, 1783. p. 3. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  4. ^ "Yesterday came on the election . . ". South Carolina Gazette and General Advertiser. Charleston, South Carolina. September 14, 1784. p. 4. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  5. ^ "Hutson, Richard Charleston's Intendants and Mayors Halsey Map Preservation Society of Charleston".

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Political offices Preceded byChristopher Gadsden Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina 1782–1783 Succeeded byRichard Beresford Preceded byNone Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina 1783–1785 Succeeded byArnoldus Vanderhorst
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