Joseph Riddick

Joseph Riddick (1735 - Nov. 18, 1818) was a North Carolina politician who served as Speaker of the North Carolina Senate from 1800-1804 and from 1806-1811. Only Bartlett Yancey and Marc Basnight have led the state Senate for a longer span of time. Riddick was also a veteran of the American Revolutionary War.

He represented Gates County in the legislature over a period of 35 years, including service in the North Carolina House of Commons (1782-1784) and in the North Carolina Senate (1785-1811, 1815, 1817). He ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives as a Democratic-Republican in 1810 and 1813 (and also got a handful of votes, likely unsolicited, in 1815).

Preceded by Benjamin Smith	Speaker of the North Carolina Senate 1800–1804	Succeeded by Alexander Martin
Preceded by Alexander Martin	Speaker of the North Carolina Senate 1806–1811	Succeeded by George Outlaw

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