William Brown Read

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1817-12-14

Death Date

1880-08-05

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"William Brown Read" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00001719, (accessed April 20, 2024).

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Hodgenville, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Hardin County, Kentucky, native. Married S. R. Read. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1857 to 1865. Delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in Charleston, South Carolina, and Baltimore, Maryland, in 1860. Unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1863. Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, in 1864.

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, “William Brown Read,” http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000094. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, LaRue County, Hodgenville, p. 150.

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