John L. Richards

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John L. Richards
12th Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut
In office
1886 –1886 [1] [2]
Preceded by Nelson Taylor Jr.
Succeeded byWilliam B. Hubbell

John L. Richards was a one-term mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut in 1886.

South Norwalk Taxing District in Connecticut, United States

South Norwalk is a neighborhood and the Second Taxing District in Norwalk, Connecticut. The neighborhood was originally a settlement called 'Old Well' which became chartered as the city of 'South Norwalk' on August 18, 1870. The cities of Norwalk and South Norwalk were incorporated on June 6, 1913. The neighborhood is often referred to with the acronym 'SoNo'.

Connecticut U.S. state in the United States

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. As of the 2010 Census, it has the highest per-capita income, Human Development Index (0.962), and median household income in the United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capital is Hartford and its most populous city is Bridgeport. It is part of New England, although portions of it are often grouped with New York and New Jersey as the tri-state area. The state is named for the Connecticut River which approximately bisects the state. The word "Connecticut" is derived from various anglicized spellings of an Algonquian word for "long tidal river".

He served as an assessor in Norwalk in 1901 [3] and 1903. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Lawrence Kestenbaum. "The Political Graveyard: Norwalk, Connecticut". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  2. ↑ "List of mayors of Norwalk, 1913 – present by Jason Detriou". docstoc.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  3. ↑ Connecticut. Secretary of the State (1899). Connecticut State Register and Manual. Secretary of State. ISSN   0270-6245 . Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  4. ↑ Connecticut. Secretary of the State (1899). Connecticut State Register and Manual. Secretary of State. p. 245. ISSN   0270-6245 . Retrieved 2015-06-25.
Preceded by
Nelson Taylor Jr. 		Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut
1886		Succeeded by
William B. Hubbell


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