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Richard French (mayor)
Richard French may refer to: * Richard French (American politician) (1792–1854), U.S. Representative from Kentucky * Richard French (Canadian politician) (born 1947), Canadian businessman, academic and politician * Richard French (newscaster), host of ''Richard French Live!'' program on RNN * Richard G. French (born 1949), American planetary astronomer {{hndis, French, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard French (American Politician)
Richard French (June 20, 1792 – May 1, 1854) was an American lawyer and politician who served three separate times as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Early life and career Born near Boonesborough, Kentucky, French attended private schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practice in Winchester, Kentucky. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1820–1826. He served as judge of the circuit court in 1829. U.S. House French was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Kentucky in 1840. French was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845). French was again elected to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849). After Congress He resumed the practice of law. He died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard French (Canadian Politician)
Richard D. French (born February 25, 1947) is a Canadian businessman, academic, and a former politician. Born in Montreal, Quebec, French received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia in 1968 and a D. Phil. from the University of Oxford in 1973. From 1971 to 1972, he was an assistant professor of history at Princeton University. From 1972 to 1973, he was an assistant adviser to the Ministry of State for Science and Technology. From 1973 to 1974, he was an advisor to the Science Council of Canada. From 1974 to 1977, he worked in the Privy Council Office. From 1977 to 1981, he was an associate professor at the Faculty of Management at McGill University. From 1978 to 1981, he was a partner at SECOR. He was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Westmount in 1981. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1985. He held various ministerial positions in the cabinet of Robert Bourassa. He did not run in 1989. After leaving politics, he he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard French (newscaster)
WRNN-TV (channel 48) is a television station licensed to New Rochelle, New York, United States, serving the New York City area as an affiliate of ShopHQ. It serves as the flagship station of Rye Brook–based WRNN-TV Associates; its headquarters and WRNN-TV's studios are co-located on Westchester Avenue in Rye Brook. Through a channel sharing agreement with WWOR-TV (channel 9), the station transmits using WWOR-TV's spectrum from a tower atop One World Trade Center. History W62AA Channel 62 was first used in the New York metropolitan area by W62AA, which was founded in 1970 by Screen Gems Broadcasting, a sub-division of Columbia Pictures as a translator for independent station WNJU-TV (channel 47). It was one of the many translator stations serving the entire New York City area. By 1975, WNJU-TV and most of the major stations in New York had moved their transmitters to the World Trade Center, but W62AA remained at the Empire State Building to expand its signal farther north of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |