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George Read, Sr. (* 18. September 1733 bei North East, Cecil County, Province of Maryland, Kolonie des Königreichs Großbritannien; † 21. September 1798 in New Castle, Delaware, USA) war ein britisch-US-amerikanischer Rechtsanwalt und Staatsmann.
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. Dez. 2023 · George Read was a lawyer, statesman, and politician from Delaware who participated in the American Revolution and the Constitutional Convention. He signed the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, but voted against independence and resigned from the Senate due to health issues.
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A biography of George Read, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from the colony of Delaware.
- North East, Maryland
- September 21, 1798
- September 18, 1733
18. Feb. 2020 · Learn about George Read, a founding father who served in the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence. He was also a lawyer, a Delaware attorney general, and a constitutional delegate.
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 ...
George Read was a conservative lawyer and a moderate Whig who voted against independence in 1776. He served in the Delaware legislature, constitutional convention, and U.S. Senate, and was the first chief justice of Delaware.
