Richard Howell

{{Infobox officeholder

|name= Richard Howell

|image= File:Governor Richard Howell.jpg

|caption=

|order=3rd

|office= Governor of New Jersey

|term_start= June 3, 1793

|term_end= October 31, 1801

|predecessor= Thomas Henderson
(acting)

|successor=Joseph Bloomfield

|spouse=Keziah Burr Howell

|birth_date= {{Birth date|1754|10|25|mf=y}}

|birth_place= Newark, Colony of Delaware, British America

|death_date= {{death date and age|1802|4|28|1754|10|23|mf=y}}

|death_place= Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.

|party=

}}

Richard Howell (October 25, 1754{{spnd}}April 28, 1802) was the third governor of New Jersey from 1793 to 1801.

Early life and military career

Howell was born in Newark, in the Colony of Delaware, and was a descendant of a Virginian old colonist family. He was a lawyer and soldier of the early United States Army. He served as captain and later major of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment from 1775 to 1779. Richard was a twin, his twin brother was Lewis Howell. Lewis was a physician for the 2nd New Jersey Regiment and died during the Revolutionary War.

Politics

File:Richard Howell.jpg, 1778]]

At the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, Howell was admitted as an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati in the state of New Jersey.{{cite web|title=Richard Howell | The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey|url=https://njcincinnati.org/richard-howell/|website=njcincinnati.org|access-date=17 May 2019}}Metcalf, Bryce (1938). Original Members and Other Officers Eligible to the Society of the Cincinnati, 1783-1938: With the Institution, Rules of Admission, and Lists of the Officers of the General and State Societies Strasburg, VA: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., p. 169.{{cite web |title=Officers Represented in the Society of the Cincinnati |url=https://www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/soldiers-and-sailors-of-the-revolutionary-war/officers-represented-in-the-society-of-the-cincinnati/ |website=The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati |access-date=9 April 2021}}

Richard was offered the role of judge advocate of the army, but turned down the appointment to practice law. He was clerk of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1778 to June 3, 1793. He succeeded Thomas Henderson as Governor and served until 1801. Replaced as Governor by Joseph Bloomfield, Howell died the following year. He was the grandfather of Varina Howell, the second wife of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.{{Cite book |last=Todd |first=Charles Burr |url=https://archive.org/details/generalhistoryof00todd/page/526/mode/2up |title=A general history of the Burr family |date=1902 |publisher=New York, Printed for the author by the Knickerbocker press |others=The Library of Congress |pages=527}}

Death

Howell died in Trenton, New Jersey, on April 28, 1802, and was buried in that city's Friends Burying Ground.[http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=8aed1b5b3ff39010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD New Jersey Governor Richard Howell] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930031505/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=8aed1b5b3ff39010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD |date=September 30, 2007 }}, National Governors Association. Accessed August 20, 2007. Howell Township in Monmouth County is named in his honor.Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=16 The Origin of New Jersey Place Names], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 2, 2015.Gannett, Henry. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA162 The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States], p. 162. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed September 2, 2015.

References

External links

[http://slic.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Governors_of_New_Jersey/GHOWE.pdf New Jersey State Library biography of Richard Howell]
[http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_new_jersey/col2-content/main-content-list/title_howell_richard.html New Jersey Governor Richard Howell], National Governors Association
[https://www.societyofthecincinnati.org The Society of the Cincinnati]
[https://www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/soldiers-and-sailors-of-the-revolutionary-war/officers-represented-in-the-society-of-the-cincinnati/ American Revolution Institute]
[https://govhowell.org/ Governor Richard Howell]

{{succession box

|before=Thomas Henderson
Acting Governor

|title=Governor of New Jersey

|years=June 3, 1793 – October 31, 1801

|after=Joseph Bloomfield}}

Category:1754 births

Category:1802 deaths

Category:Governors of New Jersey

Category:Lawyers from Mercer County, New Jersey

Category:People from Newark, Delaware

Category:Politicians from Trenton, New Jersey

Category:American people of Welsh descent