Richard Clough Anderson Jr. (August 4, 1788 – July 24, 1826) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from Jefferson County, Kentucky.
Colonel in the 5th Virginia continentals, who led the advance of the Americans at the battle of Trenton (24 December 1776), crossing the Delaware River in the first boat.
Anderson attended private schools, later graduating from The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1804.
Anderson took his leave from his post on June 7, 1825, after being commissioned as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Panama Congress of Nations.
[5] Anderson died en route to his post in Turbaco, near Cartagena, Colombia on July 24, 1826.