Richard Small Ayer

Republican Representative of Virginia's 1st district

  • Representative

    Virginia, district 1

    March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1871

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Congresses Served

1

House Terms

January 1, 1829 (67 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 1896

Death

  • Served as a U.S. Representative from Virginia’s 1st congressional district from January 31, 1870, to March 3, 1871.
  • Elected as a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868, which was crucial for the state’s readmission to the Union post-Civil War.
  • Enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War, rising from private to captain in the 4th Maine Volunteer Infantry.
  • Returned to farming after his congressional term and later moved back to his birthplace in Maine.
  • Served in the Maine House of Representatives in 1888.
  • Died in Liberty, Maine, and was buried in Mount Repose Cemetery in Montville, Maine.