Richard Hutson

Richard Hutson (1747 – April 12, 1795) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician from Charleston, South Carolina. He represented South Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he signed the Articles of Confederation. After the British captured Charleston in 1780, he was held as a prisoner at St. Augustine, Florida for a time. After he returned home, he served as the eighth Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina under Governor John Mathews in 1782 and 1783.

Richard Hutson
8th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
In office January 31, 1782 – February 4, 1783
Governor	John Matthews
Preceded by	Christopher Gadsden
Succeeded by	Richard Beresford
1st Mayor of Charleston
In office 1783–1785
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	Arnoldus Vanderhorst
Personal details
Born	Charleston, South Carolina, British America

On September 11, 1783, Hutson was elected the first intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina.[1] He was re-elected on September 13, 1784, by a vote of 387 (Hutson) to 127 (Alexander Gillon).[2]

Born in Beaufort County to Rev. William Hutson and Mary (Woodward) Hutson, he moved to Charleston with his family in 1756. The Pennsylvania Gazette of October 10, 1765 lists him as a member of the graduating class of 1765 at Princeton University (then known as The College of New Jersey). He is buried in a vault at the Independent Congregational (Circular) Churchyard in Charleston.[3]