Richard Boone Cheatham was an American politician based in Nashville, Tennessee. He was serving as the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, during the opening years of the Civil War. After the war he served as alderman of the city, and later as a representative to the State House, 1869-1871.
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, mayor of Nashville
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 8, 1824
- Died
- May 7, 1877
