James Richardson

American politician and 1st lieutenant 45th Tennessee CSA (1843–1914)

U.S. House — AL-02RepublicanRunning nowVugol ID VM-RX1-8PRG FEC H6AL01128

Running for U.S. House, AL-02, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/james-richardson

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

James Richardson — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
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Races

2026 · U.S. House, AL-02 · General · Republican · on the ballot

Background

James Daniel Richardson was an American politician and a Democrat from Tennessee for Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 through 1905.

During the Civil War, he entered the Confederate Army before graduating from college and served nearly four years, the first year as a private and the remaining three years as adjutant of the Forty-fifth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-29 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Richardson

Campaign finance

$7,676total raised (2026 cycle)

$27cash on hand (2026 cycle)

$7,650total spent (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-07-22 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Campaign site

Sources

Portrait — Not listed · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons (file page)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-29 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Richardson
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6AL01128/

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