Richard Houston Dudley
| Richard H. Dudley | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 29, 1836 Bedford County, Tennessee |
| Died |
August 30, 1914 (aged 78) Nashville, Tennessee |
Richard Houston Dudley (July 29, 1836 – August 30, 1914) was an American Democratic politician, Confederate soldier and businessman.[1][2][3] He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1897 to 1900.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
He was born near Shelbyville in Bedford County, Tennessee on July 29, 1836.[1]
Civil War
He fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War of 1861-1865.[1][3] In May of 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Maney's 1st Tennessee Infantry.[5]
Personal life
He was married to Mattie Rose in September, 1865.[1] She died soon after and he remarried to Mary E. Beasley on April 4, 1868, who died in 1907.[1] He had no children.[1]
Nashville
In 1873, he removed to Nashville where was a member of the wholesale grocery firm of Ordlay, Dudley and McGuire, and the hardware firm of Dudley Brothers & Lipscomb.[6] He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1897 to 1900.[1][3][4] He was supported during his campaign by Democrats and Irish Americans who lived in Nashville.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN
- 1 2 Nashville Library
- 1 2 3 4 Clement Anselm Evans, O. M. Roberts, J. J. Dickison, Robert S. Bridgers, William Harwar Parker, Confederate Military History: Tennessee, Broadfoot, 1987, p. 457
- 1 2 3 Frank Burns, Davidson County, Memphis, Tennessee: Memphis State University Press, 1989, p. 69
- ↑ http://www.confederatevets.com/documents/dudley_tn_cv_10_14_ob.shtml
- ↑ William Waller, Nashville in the 1890s, Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press, 1970, p. 92
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by William Marshall McCarthey |
Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee 1897-1900 |
Succeeded by James Marshall Head |