Richard M. Bishop

Template:Short description Template:About Template:Infobox officeholder Richard Bishop (November 4, 1812 – March 2, 1893), also known as Richard M. Bishop and Papa Richard, was an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Bishop served as the 34th governor of Ohio.

Biography

Richard Moore Bishop was born in Fleming County, Kentucky, and received business training in his home state.<ref name=dem>Powell 1913 : 236-237</ref> He came to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1848, and had a wholesale grocery business on the Public Landing as Bishop and Wells and later R. M. Bishop and Company. In 1857 he became councilman, and 1858, president of the Council. He was Mayor from 1859 to 1861, and declined re-nomination.<ref name=cin>Greve 1904 : 655</ref>

While Bishop was mayor, the Prince of Wales accepted his invitation to visit the city, and, despite being a Democrat, Bishop made the address of welcome to President Lincoln as he passed through on the way to his inauguration. He presided over the great Union meeting held the first year of the war.<ref name=cin/>

From 1859 to 1869, Bishop was President of the Ohio Missionary State Society, and he also served as President of the General Christian Missionary Convention. He was also a member of the Ohio Constitutional Convention of 1873. He was a mover in promoting the Cincinnati Southern Railway.<ref name=dem/>

In 1877, the Democrats nominated Bishop for governor, and he defeated Republican William H. West and three other candidates with a plurality, but not majority of the votes.<ref>Smith 1898 : 379</ref> Bishop served a single two-year term as governor, and was not re-nominated by his party. A Democratic writer summed up his administration thus: Template:Blockquote

Bishop died at Jacksonville, Florida, March 2, 1893.<ref name=dem/>

Bishop was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery. [1]

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