Emerson Lewis Richards


Emerson Lewis Richards, an attorney, was a Republican New Jersey State Senator from Atlantic City.

Biography

Richards was born on July 9, 1884, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was a state senator for Atlantic County. Richards also served as the acting Governor of New Jersey in 1933 during the tenure of Arthur Harry Moore as President of the New Jersey Senate.
Richards was also a designer of pipe organs including the largest pipe organ in the world the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ.