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George Read (September 18, 1733 – September 21, 1798) was an American politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, president of Delaware, and a member of the Federalist Party.
Dec 28, 2023 · George Read was a Founding Father from New Castle, Delaware, who rose to prominence during the American Revolution and played an important role in the establishment of the United States of America.
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Short biographies on each of the 56 Declaration signers. George Read. 1733-1798. Representing Delaware at the Continental Congress. by Ole Erekson, Engraver, c1876, Library of Congress. George Read was born on his family farm near North East, Cecil County, Maryland in 1733.
- Early Life
- Congress and Early Politics
- Delaware Politics and Later Life
Read was born on September 18, 1733 in Cecil County, Maryland. Shortly after he was born, his family moved to New Castle County, Delaware. Read went to college at the Rev. Francis Allison’s Academy in Pennsylvania. After college, he studied law in Philadelphia. In 1753 he passed the foo exam in Pennsylvania. The following year, he started his own f...
George Read, courtesy of Delaware Department of State. Hall of Governors Portrait Gallery. | Public domain image. He married Gertrude Ross Till, the daughter of George Ross (who also signed the Declaration of Independence), in 1763. George was appointed Crown Attorney General for Delaware in 1763. He did this until he was elected a member of the Co...
After the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Read was elected to the Delaware Constitutional committee. They were in charge of drafting a Constitution for their new state. After Read was elected to the committee, he was voted President, and they produced the Delaware Constitution in 1776. After that, George served in different political ro...
A Biography of George Read 1733-1798. Read's mother was the daughter of a Welsh planter, and his Dublin-born father a landholder of means. Soon after George's birth in 1733 near the village of North East in Cecil County, MD, his family moved to New Castle, DE, where the youth, who was one of six sons, grew up. He attended school at Chester, PA ...
READ, GEORGE. (1733–1798). Lawyer, Signer, acting president of Delaware. Born in Cecil County, Maryland, on 18 September 1733, Read studied law in Philadelphia; was admitted to the bar in 1753; and settled in New Castle, Delaware.
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Founding Father George Read from the State of Delaware is a signer to the U.S. Constitution in September 17, 1787. Learn more about George Reads role in forming America as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
