L. Richardson Preyer
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Lunsford Richardson Preyer (1919-2001), who typically went by 'Richardson' or 'Rich,' was a jurist and a U.S. representative in Congress from North Carolina.
Preyer, a native of Greensboro, North Carolina, graduated from Princeton University, served in the U.S. Navy from 1941 through 1946, and then earned a law degree from Harvard Law School.
He served as a North Carolina superior court judge from 1956 to 1961, when President John F. Kennedy appointed him to the United States District Court bench. He resigned as a judge in 1963 and became a candidate for Governor of North Carolina. Preyer eventually lost in the 1964 Democratic Party primary runoff to another former judge, Dan K. Moore.
After working as a vice president for North Carolina National Bank (today, Bank of America), Preyer was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1968. He served six terms in Congress and was chairman of the House Ethics Committee in the 95th U.S. Congress. He was defeated for re-election in 1980 by Walter E. Johnston, III.
