{"id":232,"date":"2018-07-10T19:29:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T00:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=232"},"modified":"2026-03-20T07:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:23:36","slug":"e-a-richards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/e-a-richards\/","title":{"rendered":"Elzy A. Richards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-233\" src=\"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/richards.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/richards.png 306w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/richards-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Elzy A. Richards (Lowndes County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1874-1875<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born:<\/strong> c. 1825 in Virginia<\/p>\n<p>Merchant and member of the Columbus Board of Aldermen. Appears on the 1870 census with wife Lu. He doesn&#8217;t appear in the first roll of the 1874 House, so I suspect he replaced J. H. Glenn, who died in February. <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=gmpBAAAAYAAJ&amp;lpg=PA1074&amp;dq=%22elzy%20richards%22%20lowndes&amp;pg=PA1074#v=onepage&amp;q=%22elzy%20richards%22%20lowndes&amp;f=false\">Served as a grand juror<\/a> for Lowndes County. A Columbus circular <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/cottonstatesinsp01nord\/page\/82\/mode\/2up?q=elzy\">listed him as an &#8220;unworthy&#8221; figure<\/a> for supporting Republican candidates in the 1874 city election.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collections.msdiglib.org\/digital\/collection\/columbus\/id\/10001\/rec\/6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to browse the minute book of the Columbus Board of Aldermen, beginning with the first appearance of Richards&#8217; name on page 147.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4961\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4961\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/richards.png\" alt=\"Signature of Elzy A. Richards\" width=\"500\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/richards.png 782w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/richards-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/richards-768x149.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signature of Elzy A. Richards from an 1875 petition to Governor Ames<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6759\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/e-a-richards\/richardsdeed\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6759\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6759\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/richardsdeed-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Property deed, May 19, 1869\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/richardsdeed-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/richardsdeed-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Property deed, May 19, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4553\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/e-a-richards\/minutes2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4553\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4553\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/minutes2-150x150.png\" alt=\"First mention of Elzy Richards in the Columbus Board of Aldermen minutes, July 5, 1870\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/minutes2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/minutes2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richards in aldermen minutes, July 5, 1870<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3441\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/e-a-richards\/capture-161\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3441 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-78-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-78-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-78-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, October 2, 1873<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3136\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/e-a-richards\/capture-90\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3136 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-7-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-7-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-7-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Mississippi Pilot, January 23, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3444\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/e-a-richards\/capture-162\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3444 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-79-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-79-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-79-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, September 8, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elzy A. Richards (Lowndes County) State House:\u00a01874-1875 Born: c. 1825 in Virginia Merchant and member of the Columbus Board of Aldermen. Appears on the 1870 census with wife Lu. He doesn&#8217;t appear in the first roll of the 1874 House, so I suspect he replaced J. H. Glenn, who died in February. Served as a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/e-a-richards\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Elzy A. Richards&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-232","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6760,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/232\/revisions\/6760"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}