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RICHARDSON, Joseph, clergyman, born in Billrica, Massachusetts, 1 February, 1778; died in Hingham, Massachusetts, 25 September, 1871. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1802, and ordained pastor of the Unitarian church in Hingham in 1806, which post he retained until his death, surviving every person that was a member of his congregation at his settlement. At his death he was the oldest native citizen of Hingham. He served in the Massachusetts constitutional convention in 1820-'1, in the lower house of the legislature in 1821-'3, and in the state senate in 1823, 1824, and 1826. He became a member of congress in the latter year, served by re-election till 1831, and was succeeded by John Quincy Adams. He devoted his subsequent life to his parochial duties, to lecturing, and to literary work. His church edifice is said to be the oldest in the United States, having been built in 1681.
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