Emerson Lewis Richards (July 9, 1884 – October 21, 1963), an attorney, was a Republican New Jersey

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Biography

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

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

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Emerson Lewis Richards
at The Political Graveyard {{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Emerson Lewis 1884 births 1963 deaths Presidents of the New Jersey Senate 20th-century American politicians