Draft:John Crowley Richardson

John Crowley Richardson (March 16, 1819 – September 21, 1860) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri from 1857 to 1859.

"A native of Kentucky, a graduate of Transylvania University, he became a resident of Missouri in 1840. Attaining a high rank at the Boonville Bar, he removed to St. Louis in 1850, and after a short association with Sinclair Kirtley, formed a partnership with the gifted and lamented Samuel T. Glover. The firm of Glover & Richardson enjoyed a successful and lucrative practice. In 1857 he yielded to a request to permit his name to be used at the ensuing election for judges of the Supreme Court, and his friends were overjoyed at the overwhelming nature of the favorable result. He became the close friend and warm admirer of Judge Scott. The poor state of his health impelled his resignation in 1859; and the following year death claimed him, at the early age of forty-two."