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| Affiliation | Democratic-Republican |
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| Name | Gabriel Richard |
| Address |
Detroit, Michigan , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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October 15, 1767
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| Died | September 13, 1832
(64 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Apr 07, 2023 01:02am |
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French - Catholic -
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| Info | RICHARD, Gabriel, a Delegate from Michigan Territory; born in La Ville de Saintes, France, October 15, 1767; pursued classical studies; studied theology in the seminary of Augers, France, and in Paris, and was ordained as a priest on October 15, 1790; immigrated to the United States in 1792 and settled in Baltimore, Md.; professor of mathematics in St. Mary’s College, Maryland; sent by Bishop Carroll as a missionary to the Indians in the Northwest Territory and was stationed in what is now Kaskaskia, Ill., and later as a missionary in Detroit, Mich.; published a periodical in the French language entitled “Essais du Michigan”; was elected to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1825); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress; returned to Detroit and officiated as grand vicar; died in Detroit, Mich., September 13, 1832; interment in the cemetery of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Anne.
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