Richard Houston Dudley (July 29, 1836 – August 30, 1914) was an American Democratic politician, Confederate soldier and businessman. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1897 to 1900.
In 1873, Dudley moved to Nashville where was a member of the wholesale grocery firm of Ordlay, Dudley and McGuire, and the hardware firm of Dudley Brothers & Lipscomb.[4] He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1897 to 1900.[2][5][6] He was supported by Democrats and Irish Americans who lived in Nashville during his campaign.[5]
Personal life
Dudley was married to Mattie Rose in September, 1865.[1] She died soon after and he remarried to Mary E. Beasley on April 4, 1868, who died in 1907.[1] He had no children.[1]
^ abClement Anselm Evans, O. M. Roberts, J. J. Dickison, Robert S. Bridgers, William Harwar Parker, Confederate Military History: Tennessee, Broadfoot, 1987, p. 457 [1]