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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.
Apr 9, 2023 · George Read. Some might consider George Read the father of the State of Delaware, for he was the author of her first Constitution in 1776, and of the first edition of her laws. He figured in her Assembly no less than 12 years, was Vice – President of the State, and at one time her acting chief magistrate.
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.
George Read (American politician, born 1733) (1733–1798), lawyer, signer of Declaration of Independence and senator from Delaware George Read Jr. (1765–1836), lawyer, son of George Read, Sr., U.S. Attorney for Delaware
George Read was the eldest son of Irish born Colonel John Read, of Maryland and Delaware. He was born on the 18th of September 1733, on one of the family estates in Cecil county, Maryland. After receiving a classical education, he studied law, and was called to the bar at the age of nineteen in the city of Philadelphia.
Feb 18, 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.
GEORGE READ was born on his family’s estate in Cecil County, Maryland on September 18, 1733. As a young boy, he completed his studies as the Academy of Reverend Francis Alison. In 1753, he was admitted to the bar at the age of nineteen and began to practice law.
