Richard C. Byrd

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Biography

Byrd was born circa 1805 in Mississippi Territory (present-day Alabama).^[1] Byrd, merchant and farmer, moved to Arkansas in 1826. He served as the second auditor of Arkansas Territory from 1829 to 1831,^[2] and in the Territorial Legislature from 1833 to 1835. Byrd served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1836, and the Arkansas Senate in 1840, 1842, 1846, and 1848.

Byrd had an unsuccessful gubernatorial run in 1844.^[3] When Governor Thomas S. Drew resigned from office on January 10, 1849, Byrd was president of the Senate and became acting governor. He left the office on April 19, 1849,^[4] and returned to his mercantile store in Jefferson County, Arkansas. Byrd died at his home in Jefferson County following a lengthy illness.

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External links

Richard C. Byrd at The Political Graveyard

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Political offices
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