Richardson A. Scurry (November 11, 1811 – April 9, 1862) was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives.

[1] The eldest of five children, he was educated by private tutors, then studied law with a relative, Judge Josephus Conn Guild.

[2][5] While living in San Augustine, Scurry served in a militia company commanded by Rusk which took part in the Texas–Indian wars.

[2] In August 1854 Scurry accidentally lost part of his foot after he shot himself while hunting, and a doctor partially amputated the rest.

[2][6] Scurry supported the Confederacy during the American Civil War, and in 1861 was commissioned as a colonel in the Confederate States Army with orders to raise a regiment.

Instead, he contacted a friend, General Albert Sidney Johnston, the commander of the Confederate States Army's Western Department, who appointed Scurry as an adjutant on his staff.