Richardson A. Scurry
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Richardson A. Scurry (November 11, 1811, Gallatin, Tennessee – April 9, 1862, Hempstead, Texas) was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. He was a soldier in the Texas Revolution, fighting at the Battle of San Jacinto, and later, a lawyer, a judge and an Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
He died of complications from having his foot amputated, which was made necessary after he shot himself in the foot during a hunting trip in August 1854.
External links
- Richardson A. Scurry at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Richardson A. Scurry from the Handbook of Texas Online
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| Preceded by | Speaker of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives 1844 |
Succeeded by John M. Lewis |
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 1st congressional district 1851–1853 |
Succeeded by George W. Smyth |
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- 1811 births
- 1862 deaths
- People from Gallatin, Tennessee
- Texas Democrats
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
- Members of the Texas House of Representatives
- Speakers of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives
- Deaths by firearm in Texas
- Firearm accident victims in the United States
- Accidental deaths in Texas
- Hunting accident deaths
- People of the Texas Revolution
- 19th-century American politicians
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