Richard Hutson

Richard Hutson (1747 – April 12, 1795) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician from Charleston, South Carolina. He was born in June 1747 to Rev. William Hutson and Mary Hutson (nee Woodward).[2] His family moved to Charleston in 1756 when his father was the pastor at the Circular Congregational Church.[2] After having been educated in Charleston as a child, he attended Princeton.[2]

Richard Hutson
8th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
In office January 31, 1782 – February 4, 1783
Governor	John Matthews
Preceded by	Christopher Gadsden
Succeeded by	Richard Beresford
1st Mayor of Charleston
In office 1783–1785
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	Arnoldus Vanderhorst
Personal details
Born	July 9, 1748[1] Charleston, South Carolina, British America
Died	April 12, 1795[1]

In 1778 and 1779 he represented South Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he signed the Articles of Confederation. After the British captured Charleston in 1780, he was held as a prisoner at St. Augustine, Florida for a time. After he returned home, he served as the eighth Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina under Governor John Mathews in 1782 and 1783.

On September 11, 1783, Hutson was elected the first intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina.[3] He was re-elected on September 13, 1784, by a vote of 387 (Hutson) to 127 (Alexander Gillon).[4]

After his time as intendant of Charleston, he was one of the first three chancellors of the Court of Equity of South Carolina.[1]

He is buried in a vault at the Independent Congregational (Circular) Churchyard in Charleston.[5]