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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | John M. Read |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
July 21, 1797
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| Died | November 29, 1874
(77 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Mar 14, 2020 11:22am |
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| Info | John M. Read - Philadelphia jurist and founder of the Free Soil and Republican Parties.
PA State House 1823-1825
Philadelphia City Solicitor 1830-1831
US District Attorney for Eastern Pennsylvania 1837-1844
Appointed associate justice of the US Supreme Court by President Polk but not confirmed
Affiliated with the Free Soil Party in 1848; delegate to the 1849 Pennsylvania state convention
Helped found the Republican Party in Pennsylvania in 1854.
Associated justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court 1858-1873 and chief justice 1872-1873
James T. Havel, U.S. Presidential Candidates and the Elections (1996), p. 473. |
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