Education
Born in Austin, Nevada, Richards attended public schools in Nevada and Pennsylvania. He graduated from the law department of Stanford University, in 1901.
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Born in Austin, Nevada, Richards attended public schools in Nevada and Pennsylvania. He graduated from the law department of Stanford University, in 1901.
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tonopah, Nevada, in 1901. He was the district attorney of Nye County in 1903 and 1904. He served as chairman of the Democratic State committee in 1922 and as councilor from Nevada to the United States Chamber of Commerce from March 29, 1923, to May 20, 1924.
Richards was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925).
He resumed the practice of law in Reno until his death there on December 22, 1953. He was buried in Mountain View Cemetery.
In 1919 he was a member of the Nevada Assembly and moved to Reno.