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	With a personal fortune estimated at $32 million, Richmond was one of the wealthiest members of Congress.{{Citation needed\|date=July 2007}}		With a personal fortune estimated at $32 million, Richmond was one of the wealthiest members of Congress.{{Citation needed\|date=July 2007}}

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Fred Richmond


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 14th district
In office January 3, 1975 – August 25, 1982
Preceded by	John J. Rooney
Succeeded by	Guy Molinari

Personal details
Born	Frederick William Richmond (1923-11-15)November 15, 1923 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	December 28, 2019(2019-12-28) (aged 96) Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Boston University (BA)

Frederick William Richmond (November 15, 1923 – December 28, 2019) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

Early life

Richmond was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He served in the United States Navy from 1943 until 1945. Richmond graduated from Boston University in 1945. He engaged in a wide array of civic and charitable activities in New York. In college, he supported himself by playing the piano and forming the Freddie Richmond Swing Band.

Politics

He served as deputy finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1958 until 1960 and was a delegate to the 1964 Democratic National Convention. He was also member of the New York City Council from 1973 until 1974 when he was elected to the US Congress in 1974 and represented New York's 14th congressional district from January 3, 1975, until August 25, 1982.

Upon his election, Richmond joined the House Agriculture Committee where he spent many years to develop new support for federally funded inner city gardens which he hoped would spread across the nation. Due to his work, and with help from House veterans in Congress like Jamie Whitten, the Urban Gardening Program (UGP) was created.

Business

From the 1950s to the 1980s he built a conglomerate, incorporated in 1960 as Walco National, buying up and usually improving the operations of a diverse group of smaller operating companies. His business career was not without notoriety. Richmond was also known as an opportunist who skirted ethics. In one instance, he was accused of involvement in greenmail, the purchase of strategic blocks of shares for resale back to a target for a profit.

Personal

In April 1978, Richmond was arrested in Washington for soliciting sex from a 16-year-old boy.

In 1982, Richmond was convicted on federal corruption charges, which included possession of marijuana and payment of an illegal gratuity to a Brooklyn Navy Yard employee. He resigned his seat and was found guilty of making illegal payments to a government employee and marijuana possession. He was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison and fined $20,000. He served nine months in prison.

With a personal fortune estimated at $32 million, Richmond was one of the wealthiest members of Congress.

Richmond died on December 28, 2019 at a nursing home in Manhattan from pneumonia, aged 96.

References

Malakoff, David (1994). "Final Harvest". Community Greening Review: 1–2.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/congress.htm
"CongressionalBadBoys". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2006-10-04.
"The Foley Follies", by John W. Dean, FindLaw, October 6, 2006
"Frederick Richmond, 96, Dies; Congressman Undone by Corruption". The New York Times. January 9, 2020.

External links

United States Congress. "Fred Richmond (id: R000232)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-05-19.
"What's Really Wrong with Fred Richmond?", Jim Sleeper, Village Voice, March 30, 1982.
"The Rise and Fall of Fred Richmond", Pete Hamill and Denis Hamill, New York Magazine, November 22, 1982.

Political offices
Preceded byLeonard Scholnick	Member of the New York City Council from the 18th district 1973	Succeeded byMorton Povman
Preceded byMario Merola	Member of the New York City Council from the 29th district 1974	Succeeded byAbraham Gerges
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byJohn J. Rooney	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 14th congressional district 1975–1982	Succeeded byGuy Molinari

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