Born in Johnston, South Carolina, on April 6, 1917, Richardson graduated from Wilberforce University with a bachelor's degree in industrial arts in 1943.
[1] He served as a sergeant major in General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Supreme Allied Command headquarters in Europe after receiving a battlefield commission.
[3] Settling in Greenville, New Hampshire, Richardson served as a member and chair of the town selectmen and president of the local Lions Club and the American Legion post.
[1] He opted not to seek reelection in order to run for a vacancy in the New Hampshire Senate but lost to Arthur Mann.
[5][6] Richardson died after a brief illness at the Manchester VA Medical Center on February 26, 1981, at the age of 63.