Richard Mott

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Richard Mott (July 21, 1804 – January 22, 1888) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Mamaroneck, New York, Mott attended the Quaker Seminary in Dutchess County, New York. He later engaged in banking in New York City. He moved to Toledo, Ohio, in 1836 and engaged in the real estate business and other enterprises. He served as mayor of Toledo in 1845 and 1846.

Mott was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1859). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1858. He returned to Toledo, and engaged in banking and the real estate business. He served as chairman of the citizens' military committee during the Civil War.

He died in Toledo on January 22, 1888. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.

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• Richard Mott at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress