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Emerson Lewis Richards

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Emerson Lewis Richards
Member of the New Jersey Senate
from Atlantic County
In office
1917–1918
Preceded byWalter Evans Edge
Succeeded byCharles D. White (1920)
In office
1923–1935
Preceded byCharles D. White
Succeeded byWilliam H. Smathers
Personal details
Born
Emerson L. Richards

(1884-07-09)July 9, 1884
Atlantic City, New Jersey
DiedOctober 21, 1963(1963-10-21) (aged 79)
Political partyRepublican

Emerson Lewis Richards (July 9, 1884 – October 21, 1963), an attorney, was a Republican New Jersey State Senator from Atlantic City.

Biography

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Richards was born on July 9, 1884, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was a state senator for Atlantic County.[1] As President of the New Jersey Senate, Richards also served as the acting Governor of New Jersey in 1933 during the tenure of Arthur Harry Moore.[2]

Richards was also a designer of pipe organs including the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ, which was the largest pipe organ in the world.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Organs". Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ Society. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Liquor Law Study Voted in New Jersey". The New York Times. October 10, 1933. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
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Political offices
Preceded by President of the New Jersey Senate
1933
Succeeded by