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class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Harris S. Richardson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1945_Harris_Sawyer_Richardson_senator_Massachusetts.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/1945_Harris_Sawyer_Richardson_senator_Massachusetts.jpg/120px-1945_Harris_Sawyer_Richardson_senator_Massachusetts.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/1945_Harris_Sawyer_Richardson_senator_Massachusetts.jpg/180px-1945_Harris_Sawyer_Richardson_senator_Massachusetts.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/1945_Harris_Sawyer_Richardson_senator_Massachusetts.jpg/240px-1945_Harris_Sawyer_Richardson_senator_Massachusetts.jpg 2x" data-file-width="951" data-file-height="1338" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Massachusetts_Senate" title="President of the Massachusetts Senate">President of the Massachusetts Senate</a></th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1950–1951</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chester_A._Dolan_Jr." title="Chester A. Dolan Jr.">Chester A. Dolan Jr.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_I._Furbush" title="Richard I. Furbush">Richard I. Furbush</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1948–1949</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donald_W._Nicholson" title="Donald W. Nicholson">Donald W. Nicholson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chester_A._Dolan_Jr." title="Chester A. Dolan Jr.">Chester A. Dolan Jr.</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate" title="Massachusetts Senate">Massachusetts Senate</a> from the 6th Middlesex District</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1937–1951</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_T._Daly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles T. Daly (page does not exist)">Charles T. Daly</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_P._Campbell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert P. Campbell (page does not exist)">Robert P. Campbell</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">January 10, 1887<br /><a href="/wiki/Vershire,_Vermont" title="Vershire, Vermont">Vershire, Vermont</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 17, 1976 (aged 89)<br /><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_Massachusetts" title="Winchester, Massachusetts">Winchester, Massachusetts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Retail market merchant</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Harris Sawyer Richardson</b> (January 10, 1887 – February 17, 1976) was an American politician who served as <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Massachusetts_Senate" title="President of the Massachusetts Senate">President of the Massachusetts Senate</a> from 1948 to 1949 and again in 1950. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harris_S._Richardson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Richardson was born on January 10, 1887, in <a href="/wiki/Vershire,_Vermont" title="Vershire, Vermont">Vershire, Vermont</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PublicOfficers_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicOfficers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a young boy he moved to <a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_Massachusetts" title="Chelsea, Massachusetts">Chelsea, Massachusetts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Owens_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Owens-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended <a href="/wiki/Harvard_College" title="Harvard College">Harvard College</a> but dropped out during his senior year to take over the family grocery business following the death of his father.<sup id="cite_ref-Obituary_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harris_S._Richardson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Richardson's political career began in <a href="/wiki/Winchester,_Massachusetts" title="Winchester, Massachusetts">Winchester, Massachusetts</a>, where he served on many town boards. He was a member of the Finance Committee from 1926 to 1929, the Board of Selectmen from 1929 to 1931, and the Planning Board from 1936 to 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-PublicOfficers_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicOfficers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served on the Board of Appeal and as a Town Meeting member. In 1936 he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate" title="Massachusetts Senate">Massachusetts Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PublicOfficers_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PublicOfficers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senate_Presidency">Senate Presidency</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harris_S._Richardson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Senate Presidency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During recess in 1947, Senate President <a href="/wiki/Donald_W._Nicholson" title="Donald W. Nicholson">Donald W. Nicholson</a> was elected to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a>. When the Senate reconvened in January, Richardson was elected president.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1948 Massachusetts Senate elections resulted in the election of 20 <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a> and 20 Democrats. The Republicans proposed an arrangement in which each party would have control over the Senate for half of the term. The Democrats refused to accept this proposal with Democratic Senate leader <a href="/wiki/Chester_A._Dolan_Jr." title="Chester A. Dolan Jr.">Chester A. Dolan Jr.</a> stating that after the election of a Democratic Governor, a Democratic majority in the State House of Representatives, and an increased number of Democratic State Senators "If the Republican leaders have not heard the voice of the people by this time they must be deaf."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Senate met for the first time at 11 am on January 5, 1949. The adjourned at 3:45 am the next day, still deadlocked after record 33 ballots.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stalemate finally ended on January 27 after 114 total ballots when the two sides agreed to have Dolan serve as president in 1949 and Richardson serve in 1950. As part of the agreement, the Democrats received a majority on the Senate Ways and Means Committee for the full two years and all of the Republican-appointed employees of the Senate were assured of their jobs.<sup id="cite_ref-Owens_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Owens-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_gubernatorial_election,_1950" class="mw-redirect" title="Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1950">1950</a>, Richardson ran for <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts">lieutenant governor</a>. He finished third in the Republican primary.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harris_S._Richardson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Richardson died on February 17, 1976, in Winchester.<sup id="cite_ref-Obituary_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obituary-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harris_S._Richardson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Massachusetts legislature: <a href="/wiki/1937%E2%80%931938_Massachusetts_legislature" title="1937–1938 Massachusetts legislature">1937–1938</a>, <a href="/wiki/1939_Massachusetts_legislature" title="1939 Massachusetts legislature">1939</a>, <a href="/wiki/1941%E2%80%931942_Massachusetts_legislature" title="1941–1942 Massachusetts legislature">1941–1942</a>, <a href="/wiki/1943%E2%80%931944_Massachusetts_legislature" title="1943–1944 Massachusetts legislature">1943–1944</a>, <a href="/wiki/1945%E2%80%931946_Massachusetts_legislature" title="1945–1946 Massachusetts legislature">1945–1946</a>, <a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%931948_Massachusetts_legislature" title="1947–1948 Massachusetts legislature">1947–1948</a>, <a href="/wiki/1949%E2%80%931950_Massachusetts_legislature" title="1949–1950 Massachusetts legislature">1949–1950</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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href="https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19491950bost#page/40/mode/2up"><i>1949–1950 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=1949%E2%80%931950+Public+Officers+of+the+Commonwealth+of+Massachusetts&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fpublicofficersof19491950bost%23page%2F40%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarris+S.+Richardson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Owens-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Owens_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Owens_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOwens1949" class="citation news cs1">Owens, Cornelius (January 28, 1949). "State Senate Elects Dolan". <i>Boston Daily Globe</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Boston+Daily+Globe&rft.atitle=State+Senate+Elects+Dolan&rft.date=1949-01-28&rft.aulast=Owens&rft.aufirst=Cornelius&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarris+S.+Richardson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Obituary-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Obituary_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Obituary_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"OBITUARIES: Harris S. Richardson, 89, twice president of Senate". <i>Boston Globe</i>. 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