Origen Drew Richardson (July 20, 1795 – November 29, 1876) was an American lawyer and politician in the U.S. state of Michigan and in the Nebraska Territory.

[2] While a student in the law offices of a relative, Israel Putnam Richardson (the father of Civil War General Israel Bush Richardson), Origen joined the Army and participated in the Battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812.

[3] In 1830, he was a part of a three-member commission appointed to locate a seat of government for Saginaw County, which at the time was not yet organized.

[7] He served as a member of the Legislative Council in the first and second sessions of the Territorial Nebraska Legislature.

[9] Although Richardson nominally resided in Nebraska, his wife and family remained in Pontiac until moving there in 1874.