Charles Rich (U.S. Representative)

Rich was born in Warwick, Massachusetts to Thomas Rich and Millicent Conant.[1] He received a limited education. He moved to Shoreham, Vermont in 1787, and worked on the family farm. He served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1800 to 1811. He was a county judge in Addison County, Vermont for six years.[2]

Rich was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 13th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1813, to March 3, 1815. He was elected to the 15th United States Congress, 16th United States Congress, 17th United States Congress and the 18th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1817, until his death on October 15, 1824.[3] Rich died in Shoreham, Vermont, and is interred in the family vault on his farm there.[4]

Charles Rich (1802-1872), Sheep rancher and Michigan politician and judge.

Rich married Molly Watts in 1791, and they had the following children:

• Clark Rich, b. 17 March 1792, Shoreham, Addison, Vt.
• Davis Rich, b. 17 February 1794, Shoreham, Addison, Vt., d. 23 March 1879, Shoreham, Addison, Vt.
• Polly Rich, b. 15 June 1796, Shoreham, Addison, Vt.
• Hiram Rich, b. 15 September 1798, Shoreham, Addison, Vt., d. 2 March 1859, Brandon, VT.
• John Thurman Rich, b. 12 October 1800, Shoreham, Addison, Vt, d. 12 October 1846, Shoreham, Addison, Vt.
• Charles Rich, b. 30 July 1802, Shoreham, Addison, Vt., d. 16 July 1872, Lapeer, Mi.
• Quintus Cincinnatus Rich, b. 18 September 1804, Shoreham, Addison, Vt., d. 4 November 1879, Shoreham, Addison, Vt.
• Clarissa Rich, b. 1806, Shoreham, Addison, Vt.
• Virtulon Rich, b. 1809, Shoreham, Addison, Vt, d. 10 May 1891, Shoreham, Addison, Vt.
• Gasca Rich, b. 13 October 1811, Shoreham, Addison, Vt., d. 18 December 1894, Shoreham, Addison, Vt.
• Catherine Rich, b. 1813, Shoreham, Addison, Vt.

Charles Rich Jr. served on the Michigan Board of Agriculture, as a county court judge, and in other offices.[5]

John W. Rich's son John Tyler Rich, was a United States Representative from Michigan and the 23rd Governor of Michigan.[6]

Davis Rich fathered Lucina Artemesia Rich who married Archibald Dewey of Burlington, Vt. Their sons included the famous philosopher and educator John Dewey and the MIT economics professor Davis Dewey.

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

• United States Congress. "Charles Rich (id: R000207)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard: Rich family of Michigan
• govtrack.us
• Charles Rich at Find a Grave