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George Read's life spanned between September 18, 1733 and September 21, 1798. Besides being a lawyer and a revolutionary politician in New Castle County, Read was a Continental Congressman, a delegate to the 1787 U.S. Constitutional Convention and the President of Delaware under the Federalist Party banner.
George Read was born in Maryland in 1733, but his family moved to Delaware soon after his birth. He attended schools in Pennsylvania and studied law in Philadelphia. In 1754, he set up a legal practice in Delaware. He supported dignified protests against British actions and voted against independence in 1776, but did sign the Declaration ...
George Read was President of the Constitutional Convention in 1776, and the author of the first Constitution of Delaware and of the first edition of her laws. In 1782, he was appointed by Congress a judge in the National Court of Appeals in Admiralty. Three years later Congress made him one of the commissioners of a federal court to determine ...
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. In 1763 he was elected attorney general of Delaware, holding this post for the next decade.
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 ...
19 de jan. de 2020 · George Read was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Originally born in Maryland, his family moved to Delaware while he was child. Read grew up and was educated in Delaware, and he then traveled to Philadelphia to study law. After passing the Pennsylvania Bar in 1753, Read moved back to Delaware, began his law practice and became ...
Delaware. George Reed. Conservative lawyer-jurist George Read attained many State offices and signed both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. At the Convention, he naturally defended the rights of the small States. Later, he served as a Senator in the First Congress, and ended his career as the chief justice of Delaware.
