Richard Weaver | |
Birth Date: | 25 August 1827 |
Birth Place: | Sussex, England |
Death Place: | Sussex, Wisconsin, US |
Resting Place: | St. Alban's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Sussex, Wisconsin |
Occupation: | Banker, politician |
Father: | James Weaver |
Mother: | Elizabeth Fielder |
Relatives: | Thomas Weaver (brother) |
Children: | 2 |
Signature: | Signature of Richard Weaver (1827–1906).png |
Party: | Democratic |
Office1: | Member of the Wisconsin State Senate |
Constituency1: | 10th District |
Term Start1: | 1879 |
Term End1: | 1880 |
Office2: | Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly |
Term2: | 1878 |
Richard Weaver (1827–1906) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.
Weaver was born on August 25, 1827, in Sussex, England.[1] He moved to Oneida County, New York before settling in what is now Lisbon, Waukesha County, Wisconsin in 1837.[2] On November 22, 1848, Weaver married Rhoda Stone. They would have two daughters.[3]
Weaver died at his home in Sussex, Wisconsin on December 26, 1906.[3] He was buried at St. Alban's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Sussex.
His father, James Weaver, and brother, Thomas Weaver, were also members of the Assembly.
Weaver was a member of the Assembly during the 1878 session before representing the 10th District in the Senate during the 1880 and 1881 sessions.[4] He was a Democrat.[3]