Background
Richardson, James Bailey was born on December 9, 1832 in Orford, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Joel and Sarah (Bailey) Richardson.
Richardson, James Bailey was born on December 9, 1832 in Orford, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Joel and Sarah (Bailey) Richardson.
Student Yale, 1 year. Graduate Dartmouth, 1857 (Doctor of Laws, 1896). Admitted to Suffolk bar, 1859.
Practiced at Boston.
Member Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1866. Member Boston Common Council, 1877, 1878. Commissioner on Revision of Boston City Charter, 1884.
Corporate Counsel City of Boston, 1889-1891.
Member Rapid Transit communications of Boston, 1891. The American Association Foreign Justice Superior Court of Massachusetts, May since 1892.
Trustee Franklin Savings Bank, since 1876. Trustee Dartmouth College, 1890-1903 (Richardson Dormitory, named for him).
Founder of Joel Richardson scholarship at Dartmouth College, 1894.
In honor of his father. Manager North.E. Home for Little Wanderers, since 1875. Author: Notes on Equity Pleading and Practice in Massachusetts, 1904.
Home: Boston, Massachusetts
Member Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1866. Member Boston Common Council, 1877, 1878. Member Rapid Transit communications of Boston, 1891.
Married Lucy Cushing Gould, November 15, 1865.