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Richard M. Bishop

American politician

Summary

American politician

Field	Value
name	Richard M. Bishop
image	Richard M. Bishop - Brady-Handy.jpg
caption	Bishop
order	34th
office	Governor of Ohio
term_start	January 14, 1878
term_end	January 12, 1880
lieutenant	Jabez W. Fitch
predecessor	Thomas L. Young
successor	Charles Foster
birth_date	November 4, 1812
birth_place	Fleming County, Kentucky, U.S.
death_date	March 2, 1893 (aged 80)
death_place	Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
restingplace	Spring Grove Cemetery
party	Democratic

the American politician

Richard Bishop (November 4, 1812 – March 2, 1893), also known as Richard M. Bishop and Papa Richard, was an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Bishop served as the 34th governor of Ohio.

Biography

Richard Moore Bishop was born in Fleming County, Kentucky, and received business training in his home state. He came to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1848, and had a wholesale grocery business on the Public Landing as Bishop and Wells and later R. M. Bishop and Company. In 1857 he became councilman, and 1858, president of the Council. He was Mayor from 1859 to 1861, and declined re-nomination.

While Bishop was mayor, the Prince of Wales accepted his invitation to visit the city, and, despite being a Democrat, Bishop made the address of welcome to President Lincoln as he passed through on the way to his inauguration. He presided over the great Union meeting held the first year of the war.

From 1859 to 1869, Bishop was President of the Ohio Missionary State Society, and he also served as President of the General Christian Missionary Convention. He was also a member of the Ohio Constitutional Convention of 1873. He was a mover in promoting the Cincinnati Southern Railway.

In 1877, the Democrats nominated Bishop for governor, and he defeated Republican William H. West and three other candidates with a plurality, but not majority of the votes. Bishop served a single two-year term as governor, and was not re-nominated by his party. A Democratic writer summed up his administration thus:

Bishop died at Jacksonville, Florida, March 2, 1893.

Bishop was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery. https://ohiogovernorgravesites.blogspot.com/2012/03/34-richard-m-bishop.html

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References

[[#powell. Powell 1913]] : 236-237
[[#greve. Greve 1904]] : 655
[[#smith. Smith 1898]] : 379
[[#powell. Powell 1913]] : 241

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