Background
Austin, Richard Wilson was born on August 26, 1857 in Decatur, Alabama, United States. Son of John Hall and Mary E. (Parker) Austin.
Austin, Richard Wilson was born on August 26, 1857 in Decatur, Alabama, United States. Son of John Hall and Mary E. (Parker) Austin.
Educated University of Tennessee, 1877. Attended Columbian (now George Washington University Law School, 1881.
Admitted to bar, 1878. Practiced law in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Washington. United States marshal, 1897-1906.
American consul at Glasgow, July 1906-November 1907, resigned.
Member 61st to 65th Congresses (1909-1919), 2d Tennessee District.
Member 61st to 65th Congresses (1909-1919), 2d Tennessee
Married Margaret Morrison, May 2, 1882.