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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.
28 de dic. de 2023 · George Read — A Founding Father from Delaware. September 18, 1733–September 21, 1798. George Read was a lawyer and statesman from Delaware who is most famous for signing the Declaration of Independence, despite voting against the Lee Resolution. Read also served as the Governor of Delaware and Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.
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George Read was born on his family farm near North East, Cecil County, Maryland in 1733. He attended a school in Chester, Pennsylvania then the Philadelphia Academy under Doctor Allison at New London. At fifteen he graduated and proceeded to study law at the office of John Moland in Philadelphia. He was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in 1753.
George Read Conservative lawyer George Read was the only signer who voted against independence in the final congressional vote on July 2, 1776. In addition to attaining many prominent State offices, he attended the Constitutional Convention, where he defended the rights of the smaller States, and subsequently served as a Senator in the First ...
George Read | Declaration of Independence. Follow the life of George Read, delegate to the Continental Congress and one of 56 signers, who bravely proclaimed the original thirteen colonies...
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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.
18 de feb. de 2020 · March 4, 2020. George Read was a lawyer, Delaware Congressman, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was a servant to the United States for almost all of his adult life, and he was one of our founding fathers. Early Life. Read was born on September 18, 1733 in Cecil County, Maryland.
