Charles L. Richards

For other people of the same name, see Charles Richards (disambiguation).

Charles L. Richards
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada's At-Large district
In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925
Preceded by	Samuel S. Arentz
Succeeded by	Samuel S. Arentz
Personal details
Born	(1877-10-03)October 3, 1877 Austin, Nevada
Died	Reno, Nevada
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Attorney

Charles Lenmore Richards (October 3, 1877 – December 22, 1953) was a United States Representative from Nevada.

Born in Austin, Nevada, Richards attended public schools in Nevada and Pennsylvania. He graduated from the law department of Stanford University, in 1901. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tonopah, Nevada, in 1901. He was the district attorney of Nye County in 1903 and 1904. In 1919 he was a member of the Nevada Assembly and moved to Reno. He served as chairman of the Democratic State committee in 1922 and as councilor from Nevada to the United States Chamber of Commerce from March 29, 1923, to May 20, 1924.

Richards was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925). He ran for reelection in 1924 but did not win. He resumed the practice of law in Reno until his death there on December 22, 1953. He was buried in Mountain View Cemetery.

References

• Charles L. Richards at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Samuel S. Arentz	United States House of Representatives, Nevada At-Large 1923–1925	Succeeded by Samuel S. Arentz