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[[File:Georgeread.jpg|right|thumb|200px| George Read]]

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|State:=Delaware

|Religion:=Christian- Episcopalian <ref>http://www.adherents.com/gov/Founding_Fathers_Religion.html</ref>

|Founding Documents:=[[Declaration of Independence]]

 

'''George Read''' (b. September 18, 1733; d. September 21, 1798) is an [[American]] Founding Father. He was a shrewd, talented lawyer and Attorney General of lower [[Delaware]]. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly and president of the state constitutional convention. Also, a Delaware delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] that signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. During the [[Revolutionary War]], George Read became interim governor of Delaware. Read was a state Senator, judge of admiralty for the United States Court of Appeals. He was a delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention and Chief Justice of Delaware.

'''George Read''' (b. September 18, 1733; d. September 21, 1798) is an [[American]] Founding Father. He was a shrewd, talented lawyer and Attorney General of lower [[Delaware]]. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly and president of the state constitutional convention. Also, a Delaware delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] that signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. During the [[Revolutionary War]], George Read became interim governor of Delaware. Read was a state Senator, judge of admiralty for the United States Court of Appeals. He was a delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention and Chief Justice of Delaware.