Preston Richards

Preston D. Richards (born September 15, 1881) was an assistant solicitor for the state department of the United States under J. Reuben Clark during the Taft Administration. He was also a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

In 1907, Richards wrote a biography of early Mormon leader Willard Richards.[1] Early on in his life, Richards served as a high school principal. In 1908, Richards was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. He then studied law at the University of Chicago. From there he became assistant solicitor of the state department and later formed a private law firm with Clark.[2] Hugh B. Brown would later work for this law firm.[3]

In 1920, Richards was a member of the general board of the LDS Church's Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association.

References

  1. ↑ Mormon Literature & Creative Arts: Preston D. Richards, byu.edu. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
  2. ↑ Fow, Frank W. J. Reuben Clark: The Public Years (Provo and Salt Lake City:Deseret Book and Brigham Young University Press, 1980) pp. 87–88, 243
  3. ↑ Edwin Brown Firmage, "Elder Hugh B. Brown, 1883–1975: In Memoriam", Ensign, January 1976, p. 86.
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