Emerson Lewis Richards

Emerson Lewis Richards (July 9, 1884 – October 21, 1963), an attorney, was a Republican New Jersey State Senator from Atlantic City.

Biography

Richards was born on July 9, 1884, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was a state senator for Atlantic County.[1] Richards also served as the acting Governor of New Jersey in 1933 during the tenure of Arthur Harry Moore as President of the New Jersey Senate.[2]

Richards was also a designer of pipe organs including the largest pipe organ in the world the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ.[1]

References
  1. "Organs". Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ Society. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2014. The instruments that are the main feature of this website have one thing in common; they were all designed by Emerson Lewis Richards (1884–1963). Richards was a native of Atlantic City and State Senator for Atlantic County. Although politics was his profession, pipe organs were his passion and pre-occupation.
  2. "Liquor Law Study Voted in New Jersey". The New York Times. October 10, 1933. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.