Richard Clough Anderson Jr (1788 - 1826)

Born 4 Aug 1788 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Clark Gwathmey — married 1 Dec 1810 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Jul 1826 at age 37 in Turbaco, Bolívar, Colombia

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Biography

Richard Anderson Jr is Notable.

Born at "Soldiers Retreat" at Louisville, Kentucky, Richard Clough Anderson Jr. graduated from The College of William and Mary at Williamsburg, Virginia in 1804. He practiced law at Louisville before being elected to the Kentucky House in 1815, The following year he was elected to the US House of Representatives and served 2 terms until 1821. He did not seek a third term but returned to the Kentucky House and was Speaker in 1822.

On January 27, 1823 he was appointed as the first United States Minister to the Gran Colombia, negotiating the bilateral treaty with another American state. He was further appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Panama Congress of Nations but died enroute of yellow fever near Cartagena in Turbaco, Columbia.

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Legacy

Anderson County, Kentucky was named in his honor.

Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial# 7093254

• Richard Clough Anderson, Jr. on Wikipedia

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A002496

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L4QZ-NKQ