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href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ruble-ruggero.html#RUDSTON-READ">RUDSTON-READ</a>. </td></tr></table> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> READ: See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#598.26.24">Bailey Frye Adams</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anthony.html#526.69.14">Daniel Read Anthony</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anthony.html#340.94.21">Daniel Read Anthony Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carrington.html#522.07.79">Paul Carrington</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fletcher.html#138.72.22">Read Fletcher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heath.html#925.37.41">Donald Read Heath</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hubbard.html#916.78.61">Clifford Chesley Hubbard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson6.html#118.24.92">Luther Alexander Johnson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king7.html#378.54.54">Read King</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladislas-lair.html#660.54.31">John Armand Lafore Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/longan-looker.html#434.92.72">Robert Dudley Longyear</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/magician-magruder.html#997.11.62">John Read Magruder</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/masterson-matheson.html#669.21.19">Read Matheny</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccloskey-mcclung.html#260.34.95">Lowerry Read McCloskey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mchie-mcintire.html#101.10.18">Richard McIlwaine</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller9.html#786.01.25">William Read Miller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murrell-myer.html#726.92.98">E. Read Myer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richner-rider.html#060.87.51">George Read Riddle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sacks-saintaubin.html#290.44.53">George Read Sage</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sarig-saunder.html#073.13.26">Henry Franklin. Sarman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/toth-towns.html#233.63.20">William W. Touvelle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warren.html#716.60.19">Nathan A. Warren</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="677.16.02">Read, Alexander Ross</a> — of Akron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SU-lived.html">Summit County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/akron.html#2">Akron, Ohio</a>, 1913-19 (acting, 1913-14). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="907.59.03">Read, Alice</a> — of Richland Center, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RI-lived.html">Richland County</a>, Wis. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/WI.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="962.69.49">Read, Almon Heath</a> (1790-1844) — also known as Almon H. Read — of Montrose, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SU-lived.html">Susquehanna County</a>, Pa. Born in Shelburne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-born.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/06-12.html">June 12, 1790</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1827-32; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 11th District, 1833-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1842-44 (17th District 1842-43, 12th District 1843-44); died in office 1844. Died in Montrose, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SU-died.html">Susquehanna County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/06-03.html">June 3, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 357 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SU-buried.html#cms00370">Montrose Cemetery</a>, Montrose, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Eliza Cooper.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000090">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409070">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12525258">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="776.32.30">Read, Arba</a> — of Troy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-lived.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/troy.html">Mayor of Troy, N.Y.</a>, 1858-60. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="063.62.68">Read, Benjamin</a> — of Swanzey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CH-lived.html">Cheshire County</a>, N.H. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 9th District, 1867-69. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="633.93.76">Read, Carl E.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-lived.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chenango County, 1919. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="238.30.16">Read, Carl H.</a> (1898-1980) — of East Ann Arbor (now part of Ann Arbor), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich.; Dexter Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/10-27.html">October 27, 1898</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/annarbor.html#5">mayor of East Ann Arbor, Mich.</a>, 1949-53. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">acute congestive heart failure</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/diabetes.html">diabetes</a>, in Saline Community <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Saline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/11-25.html">November 25, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 29 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html#cms07465">Washtenong Memorial Park</a>, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Henry Read and Carrie (Partlow) Read; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/09-27.html">September 27, 1923</a>, to Linda L. Hoelzel.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="915.17.99">Read, Carlton W.</a> (b. 1834) — of Addison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-born.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/10-21.html">October 21, 1834</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a> from Addison County, 1882. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="836.30.14">Read, Catherine E.</a> — of Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/TX.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/TX.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="445.35.64">Read, Charles</a> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">Mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1726-28. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="915.54.99">Read, Charles</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/spcj.html">Chief justice of New Jersey state supreme court</a>, 1764. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="053.86.60">Read, Charles C.</a> (b. 1867) — of Ocean City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CM-lived.html">Cape May County</a>, N.J. Born in Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-born.html">Camden County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/08-06.html">August 6, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">Hardware business</a>; president, Ocean City National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; director, Flanders <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">Hotel</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Cape May County, 1925-27; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Cape May County, 1928-36; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NJ.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/NJ.html">1932</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="050.24.38">Read, Charles D., Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia</a>, 1959-61. Still living as of 1961. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="240.54.98">Read, Clinton H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Mercer County, 1917-18, 1921. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="713.71.59">Read, Daniel</a> — of Lewiston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AN-lived.html">Androscoggin County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/lewiston.html#2">Lewiston, Maine</a>, 1799-1839. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="039.99.64">Read, David M.</a> (born c.1833) — of Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Hoosick Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-born.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y., about 1833. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1881; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 14th District, 1889-92. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Read, Mrs. Dwight R. See <a href="#837.82.29">Edna Findley Read</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="641.20.20">Read, E.</a> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/IN.html">1860</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="788.29.80">Read, E. J.</a> — of Oldham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/KI-lived.html">Kingsbury County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 22nd District, 1893-94. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="837.82.29">Read, Edna Findley</a> (1876-1937) — also known as Edna Findley; Mrs. Dwight R. Read — of Milton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SR-lived.html">Santa Rosa County</a>, Fla. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/11-19.html">November 19, 1876</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/FL.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Milton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SR-died.html">Santa Rosa County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/02-11.html">February 11, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 84 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SR-buried.html#cms06913">Milton Cemetery</a>, Milton, Fla. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Dwight R. Read.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="764.92.98">Read, Edward George</a> (1864-1932) — also known as Edward G. Read — of Richland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-lived.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich. Born in Richland Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-born.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/09-03.html">September 3, 1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Kalamazoo County 2nd District, 1919-24; defeated in primary, 1924. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/05-02.html">May 2, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 242 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-buried.html# ">Prairie Home Cemetery</a>, Richland, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Frederic Read and Caroline (Fisher) Read; married to Ruby Ann Chandler; nephew of <a href="#892.03.08">Gilbert Ezra Read</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0082.html">Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27481247">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="867.46.95">Read, Frederick</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/nn-lived.html">Newport News</a>, Va. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/newportnews.html#2">Newport News, Va.</a>, 1901; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/VA.html">1904</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="246.02.01">Read, George</a> (1733-1798) — of New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born near North East, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-born.html">Cecil County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1733/09-18.html">September 18, 1733</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware</a>, 1774-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Declaration of Independence</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Delaware state constitutional convention</a>, 1776; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/lgcn.html">Delaware state legislative council</a> from New Castle County, 1776-79, 1782-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pres.html">President of Delaware</a>, 1777-78; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/hsas.html">Delaware house of assembly</a>, 1779-80; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1789-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/spju.html">justice of Delaware state supreme court</a>, 1793-98. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Slaveowner. Died in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/09-21.html">September 21, 1798</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 3 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-buried.html#cms00783">Immanuel Churchyard</a>, New Castle, Del.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html# ">Constitution Gardens</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Read and Mary (Howell) Read; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1763/">1763</a> to Gertrude (Ross) Till (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ross.html#651.43.18">George Ross</a>); father of Mary Read (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bedelle-beebe.html#643.07.28">Gunning Bedford</a>), <a href="#723.51.91">George Read II</a> and <a href="#462.57.15">John Read (1769-1854)</a>; grandfather of <a href="#828.67.00">George Read III</a> and <a href="#847.18.13">John Meredith Read</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="#200.81.14">John Meredith Read Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0633.html">Read family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS George Read (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1971) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000091">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409071">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/george-read/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Read (American politician, born 1733)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/757/000206139">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2777">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="723.51.91">Read, George II</a> (1765-1836) — of New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1765/index.html">1765</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Delaware</a>, 1789-1816. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/index.html">1836</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">about 71 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#246.02.01">George Read</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/">1786</a> to Mary Thompson; father of <a href="#828.67.00">George Read III</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0633.html">Read family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="828.67.00">Read, George III</a> (1788-1837) — of Delaware. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/index.html">1788</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Delaware</a>, 1816-37. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/index.html">1837</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">about 49 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#723.51.91">George Read II</a>; grandson of <a href="#246.02.01">George Read</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0633.html">Read family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="671.34.94">Read, George</a> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/PA.html">1860</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/003/26.50.jpg" width=70 height=121 border=0 alt="George D. Read"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="003.26.50">Read, George D.</a> — of Scottsbluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/SB-lived.html">Scotts Bluff County</a>, Neb. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/scottsbluff.html">Mayor of Scottsbluff, Neb.</a>, 1925-29. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Scottsbluff Daily Star-Herald, April 5, 1925</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="305.68.44">Read, George S.</a> — of Woonsocket, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/woonsocket.html#2">Woonsocket, R.I.</a>, 1879-88. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="763.28.61">Read, George W.</a> — of Yolo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/YO-lived.html">Yolo County</a>, Calif. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/CA.html">1856</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="892.03.08">Read, Gilbert Ezra</a> (1822-1898) — also known as Gilbert E. Read — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-lived.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich. Born in Ludlow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-born.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/05-06.html">May 6, 1822</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1861-66 (Kalamazoo County 2nd District 1861-62, Kalamazoo County 1st District 1863-66); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives</a>, 1865-66; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 11th District, 1877-78. Died in Richland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-died.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/05-16.html">May 16, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 10 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-buried.html# ">Prairie Home Cemetery</a>, Richland, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rufus Read and Rhoda King (Deane) Read; married to Mary Ann Daniels; uncle of <a href="#764.92.98">Edward George Read</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#429.16.41">Matthew Griswold</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0082.html">Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0421.html">Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family</a> of Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0624.html">Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons family</a> of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27482190">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="309.36.17">Read, Guy C.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 28th District, 1954. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="696.86.16">Read, Harlan Eugene</a> (1880-1963) — also known as Harlan E. Read — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-born.html">Morgan County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/05-07.html">May 7, 1880</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 10th District, 1918; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">radio commentator</a>. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., February, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/index.html">1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 0 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms00128">Graceland Cemetery</a>, Chicago, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Justus Vinton Read and Clara Lee (woods) Read; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/06-05.html">June 5, 1908</a>, to Julia Edna Hatch.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/80963818">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="969.66.47">Read, Henry English</a> (1824-1868) — of Kentucky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LR-born.html">Larue County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/12-25.html">December 25, 1824</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">Killed himself</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/11-09.html">November 9, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 320 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HA-buried.html#cms00874">Elizabethtown City Cemetery</a>, Elizabethtown, Ky. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Read, Herbert See <a href="#283.81.04">J. Herbert Read</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="074.16.06">Read, Hubert A.</a> — of Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Mich. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/marshall.html#3">Marshall, Mich.</a>, 1871. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="216.13.08">Read, I. B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AS-lived.html">Ashtabula County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a> from Ashtabula County, 1897. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="283.81.04">Read, J. Herbert</a> (1858-1937) — of Pomona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MT-lived.html">Manistee County</a>, Mich.; Copemish, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MT-lived.html">Manistee County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/YA-born.html">Yates County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/index.html">1858</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Manistee County, 1899-1906, 1925-30; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 26th District, 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/03-02.html">March 2, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="115.55.81">Read, Jacob</a> (1752-1816) — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1752/index.html">1752</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1780-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina</a>, 1783-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Carolina</a>, 1795-1801. Slaveowner. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/07-17.html">July 17, 1816</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). Interment in private or family graveyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000092">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409072">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob Read">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="192.05.98">Read, James F.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas</a>, 1893-97. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="112.73.18">Read, Jeffrey</a> — of Oregon. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/OR.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="856.73.94">Read, Jess G.</a> — of Hobart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/KO-lived.html">Kiowa County</a>, Okla. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/OK.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="256.86.94">Read, Joe</a> (b. 1955) — Born in Ronan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LA-born.html">Lake County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/index.html">1955</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a> 15th District, 2011-12. Still living as of 2012. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe Read">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://americanloons.blogspot.com/2019/02/2145-joe-read.html">Encyclopedia of American Loons</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="462.57.15">Read, John</a> (1769-1854) — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/07-17.html">July 17, 1769</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 1st District, 1817-18. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Trenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-died.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/07-13.html">July 13, 1854</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 361 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#246.02.01">George Read</a> and Mary (Howell) Read; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/">1795</a> to Martha Meredith (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meredith.html#669.47.47">Samuel Meredith</a>); father of <a href="#847.18.13">John Meredith Read</a>; grandfather of <a href="#200.81.14">John Meredith Read Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0633.html">Read family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="689.32.68">Read, John</a> — of Huntsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Ala. Born in Virginia. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/huntsville.html#3">Register of U.S. Land Office at Huntsville, Alabama</a>, 1816. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="931.74.32">Read, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 5th District, 1895. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="944.71.03">Read, John</a> — of Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/MA.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="332.13.93">Read, John B.</a> — Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 7th District, 1918. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="198.59.90">Read, John H.</a> — of Rolla, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PH-lived.html">Phelps County</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Phelps County, 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="926.16.70">Read, John K.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/no-lived.html">Norfolk</a>, Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/norfolk.html">Mayor of Norfolk, Va.</a>, 1799-1800. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="847.18.13">Read, John Meredith</a> (1797-1874) — also known as John M. Read — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/07-21.html">July 21, 1797</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1823-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1837-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/attygn.html">Pennsylvania state attorney general</a>, 1846; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1858-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court</a>, 1872-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/11-29.html">November 29, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 131 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00050">Christ Church Burial Ground</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#462.57.15">John Read</a> and Martha (Meredith) Read; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/03-20.html">March 20, 1828</a>, to Priscilla Marshall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/07-26.html">July 26, 1855</a>, to Amelia Thomson (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomson.html#615.99.27">John Renshaw Thomson</a>); father of <a href="#200.81.14">John Meredith Read Jr.</a>; grandson of <a href="#246.02.01">George Read</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meredith.html#669.47.47">Samuel Meredith</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0633.html">Read family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John M. Read">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13341442">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="200.81.14">Read, John Meredith, Jr.</a> (1837-1896) — Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/02-21.html">February 21, 1837</a>. U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GC-diplomats.html ">Greece</a>, 1873-77; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GC-diplomats.html ">Greece</a>, 1877-79. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/index.html">1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">about 59 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-buried.html#cms00001">Albany Rural Cemetery</a>, Menands, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#847.18.13">John Meredith Read</a> and Priscilla (Marshall) Read; grandson of <a href="#462.57.15">John Read</a>; great-grandson of <a href="#246.02.01">George Read</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meredith.html#669.47.47">Samuel Meredith</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0633.html">Read family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/read-john-meredith ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="945.04.63">Read, John R.</a> — of Accomac County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AC-lived.html">Accomack County</a>), Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Accomac County, 1870-71. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="760.95.22">Read, John R.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/PA.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1888-92. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="114.82.20">Read, Joseph S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-lived.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Atlantic County, 1840-41. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="544.25.60">Read, Joseph W.</a> — of South Windham, Windham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/windham.html#4">South Windham, Maine</a>, 1893-1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="119.99.92">Read, Juan A.</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DR-consuls.html ">Santo Domingo</a>, as of 1897-98; U.S. Vice Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DR-consuls.html ">Santo Domingo</a>, as of 1905. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="599.86.26">Read, Leigh</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Florida state constitutional convention</a> from Leon County, 1838-39. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="692.70.50">Read, Lena A.</a> — of Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/SU-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.H. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncnd.html">Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Plainfield, 1948. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="209.25.98">Read, Marjorie</a> — of Coffeyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Kan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/coffeyville.html">Mayor of Coffeyville, Kan.</a>, 1980-81. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1981. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="965.65.85">Read, Mike</a> — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 19th District, 1982. Still living as of 1982. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="516.26.90">Read, Nathan</a> (1759-1849) — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass.; Belfast, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/WL-lived.html">Waldo County</a>, Maine. Born in Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1759/07-02.html">July 2, 1759</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">apothecary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">iron foundry business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> at-large, 1800-03; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1803. Died near Belfast, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/WL-died.html">Waldo County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/01-20.html">January 20, 1849</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 202 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/WL-buried.html#cms00145">Grove Cemetery</a>, Belfast, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Reuben Read and Tamsen (Meacham) Read; married to Elizabeth Jeffrey; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#826.88.28">Charles Kirk Tilden</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walbridge.html#865.62.29">John Hill Walbridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walbridge.html#870.72.95">Henry E. Walbridge</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#242.75.21">John Adams Dix</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nason-nazaire.html#598.88.60">Charles Otis Nason</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#176.96.95">Jabez Upham</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#242.54.33">George Baxter Upham</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bigelow.html#472.42.97">Timothy Bigelow</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heathman-hedlund.html#229.65.01">Rufus Heaton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#242.70.35">Alexander Wheelock Thayer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upham.html#760.60.12">James Phineas Upham</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bigelow.html#722.13.21">John Ogden Bigelow</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#270.16.15">Cheney Ames</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#429.68.50">Leonard Ames Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weeks.html#656.56.77">Edgar Weeks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weeks.html#098.67.90">John Wingate Weeks</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#389.64.69">Alexander Cook Thayer</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/downs-doxey.html#165.99.57">William Greene Dows</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#180.08.12">Bernard Forrest Bemis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weeks.html#765.48.73">John A. Weeks</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weeks.html#224.33.09">Charles Sinclair Weeks</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#582.36.06">Phineas Lyman Tracy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#319.18.28">Albert Haller Tracy</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bigelow.html#508.73.59">John Prescott Bigelow</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#922.40.73">Gideon Hard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grossi-grout.html#484.12.67">Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#473.76.60">Alvarus Payson Adams</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0037.html">Morris-Ingersoll family</a> of New York and Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0051.html">Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0082.html">Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000093">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409073">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="322.92.55">Read, Norman A.</a> — of Belfast, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/WL-lived.html">Waldo County</a>, Maine. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> from Waldo County, 1933. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="436.89.54">Read, O. J.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 7th District, 1936. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Read, S. T. See <a href="#767.47.91">Sylvador Titus Read</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="396.91.05">Read, Sheridan Pitt</a> (1861-1912) — also known as Sheridan P. Read — of New York. Born in Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ED-born.html">Edgar County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/09-14.html">September 14, 1861</a>. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-consuls.html ">Tientsin</a>, 1893-98. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-died.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/10-31.html">October 31, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 47 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Col. Sheridan Pitt Read.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="767.47.91">Read, Sylvador Titus</a> (1822-1898) — also known as S. T. Read — of Cassopolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CS-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Mich. Born in Caroline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-born.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/01-12.html">January 12, 1822</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/MI.html">1880</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/MI.html">1884</a>. Died in Cassopolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CS-died.html">Cass County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/01-15.html">January 15, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 3 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CS-buried.html#cms06157">Prospect Hill Cemetery</a>, Cassopolis, Mich. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="426.47.57">Read, Thomas</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CH-lived.html">Charlotte County</a>, Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cnrt.html">Delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a> from Charlotte County, 1788. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="001.43.35">Read, Thomas</a> — of Ville Platte, St. Landry Parish (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EV-lived.html">Evangeline Parish</a>), La. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/villeplatte.html#2">Ville Platte, La.</a>, 1871. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3408103904/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/054/44.91.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Thomas Read"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="054.44.91">Read, Thomas</a> (1881-1962) — of Shelby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OC-lived.html">Oceana County</a>, Mich. Born in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/05-28.html">May 28, 1881</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Oceana County, 1915-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives</a>, 1919-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Michigan</a>, 1921-24, 1935-36; defeated in primary, 1930, 1936, 1938, 1942; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1924, 1940; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 26th District, 1927-28; defeated in primary, 1928; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/attygn.html">Michigan state attorney general</a>, 1939-40; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/MI.html">1940</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 9th District, 1950. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/index.html">1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">about 81 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OC-buried.html# ">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Shelby, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Read (1841-1911) and Jane (Davidson) Read; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/03-20.html">March 20, 1915</a>, to Ethel Katherine White.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/112753020">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Michigan Manual 1939</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="891.06.80">Read, Thomas A.</a> — of Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>, Ala. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/auburn.html#2">Auburn, Ala.</a>, 1881-82. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="253.47.75">Read, Thomas L., Jr.</a> — also known as Tom Read — of Hinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/SU-lived.html">Summers County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/SU-parties.html">Chair of Summers County Democratic Party</a>, 1949-50. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="035.03.98">Read, Thomas N.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/SU-lived.html">Summers County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Summers County, 1923-26. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Read, Tom See <a href="#253.47.75">Thomas L. Read Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="716.56.56">Read, Walter A.</a> (1842-1918) — of Rhode Island. Born in Blackstone, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/07-06.html">July 6, 1842</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/stsen.html">Rhode Island state senate</a>, 1889-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/trea.html">Rhode Island general treasurer</a>, 1899-1908. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/index.html">1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-buried.html#cms00439">Acotes Hill Cemetery</a>, Chepachet, Glocester, R.I. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Charlotte Owen.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/25165594">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="828.92.05">Read, William Brooks</a> — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Louisiana. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="269.86.67">Read, William Brown</a> (1817-1880) — of Hodgenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LR-lived.html">Larue County</a>, Ky. Born in Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/index.html">1817</a>. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1850; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/KY.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 4th District, 1871-75. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/index.html">1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">about 63 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LR-buried.html#cms01702">Red Hill Cemetery</a>, Hodgenville, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000094">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409074">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="680.03.31">Read, William Douglas</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MR-consuls.html ">Casablanca</a>, as of 1943. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="412.58.91">Read, William Thackara</a> (1878-1954) — also known as William T. Read — of Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-lived.html">Camden County</a>, N.J.; Merchantville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-lived.html">Camden County</a>, N.J. Born in Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-born.html">Camden County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/11-22.html">November 22, 1878</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Camden County, 1912-16; resigned 1916; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/trea.html">New Jersey state treasurer</a>, 1916-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/NJ.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NJ.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NJ.html">1940</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/NJ.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention</a> from Camden County, 1947. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tall-cedars.html">Tall Cedars of Lebanon</a>. Died in Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-died.html">Camden County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/08-07.html">August 7, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 258 days</a>). 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