Richard Mott (politician)

Richard Mott
circa 1872
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 5th district
In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859
Preceded by	Alfred Edgerton
Succeeded by	James Mitchell Ashley
6th Mayor of Toledo, Ohio
In office 1845–1846
Preceded by	George B. Way
Succeeded by	Emery D. Potter
Personal details
Born	Richard Mott (1804-07-21)July 21, 1804 Mamaroneck, New York, US
Died	January 22, 1888(1888-01-22) (aged 83) Toledo, Ohio, US
Resting place	Mount Hope Cemetery Rochester, New York
Political party	Opposition, Republican
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Richard Mott (July 21, 1804 – January 22, 1888) was an American businessman and politician who served as mayor of Toledo, Ohio and as a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1855 to 1859.

Born to Quaker parents in Mamaroneck, New York, Mott attended a Quaker boarding school and seminary in Dutchess County, New York.

In 1815, he moved with his parents to New York City, in 1818 became a clerk in a store, and in 1824 engaged in banking. He moved to Toledo, Ohio, in 1836 and engaged in the real estate business and other enterprises. He assisted in building the first railroad west of Utica, from Toledo to Adrian, and served as mayor of Toledo in 1845 and 1846.

Mott was a Democrat in politics until 1848, when he entered actively into the antislavery movement. He was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1858. He returned to Toledo, and engaged in banking and the real estate business. He served as chairman of the citizens' military committee during the Civil War. Mott was also an advocate of woman suffrage.

He died in Toledo on January 22, 1888. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.

He was the brother of James Mott and brother-in-law of the American female agitator, Lucretia Mott and brother-in-law to abolitionist Lindley Murray Moore.

• United States Congress. "Richard Mott (id: M001042)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Mott, Richard" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

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•  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Mayors of Toledo, Ohio

1. John Berdan
2. Hezekiah D. Mason
3. Myron H. Tilden
4. James Myers
5. George B. Way
6. Richard Mott
7. Emery D. Potter
8. Daniel O. Morton
9. Caleb F. Abbott
10. Charles M. Dorr
11. Daniel McBain
12. Egbert B. Brown
13. Ira L. Clark
14. Mavor Brigham
15. Charles M. Dorr
16. Alexander Brownlee
17. Alexander H. Newcomb
18. Isaac R. Sherwood
19. John Manor
20. Charles M. Dorr
21. Charles A. King
22. William Kraus
23. William W. Jones
24. Guido Marx
25. William W. Jones
26. Jacob Romeis
27. George W. Scheets
28. Samuel F. Forbes
29. James Kent Hamilton
30. Vincent J. Emmick
31. Guy G. Major
32. Samuel M. Jones
33. Robert H. Finch
34. Brand Whitlock
35. Carl Henry Keller
36. Charles M. Milroy
37. Cornell Schreiber
38. Bernard F. Brough
39. Fred J. Mery
40. William T. Jackson
41. Addison Q. Thacher
42. Solon T. Klotz
43. Roy C. Start
44. John Q. Carey
45. Lloyd Emerson Roulet
46. Michael DiSalle
47. Ollie Czelusta
48. Lloyd Emerson Roulet
49. Ollie Czelusta
50. John W. Yager
51. Michael J. Damas
52. John William Potter
53. William J. Ensign
54. Harry W. Kessler
55. Douglas DeGood
56. Donna Owens
57. John McHugh
58. Carty Finkbeiner
59. Jack Ford
60. Carty Finkbeiner
61. Michael Bell
62. D. Michael Collins
63. Paula Hicks-Hudson
64. Wade Kapszukiewicz