William Brown Read (December 14, 1817 – August 5, 1880) was a 19th-century politician and lawyer from
Kentucky
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.
Born in
Hardin County, Kentucky
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, Read completed preparatory studies, studied law and was
admitted to the bar
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, commencing practice in
Hodgenville, Kentucky
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in 1849. He was a member of the
Kentucky Senate from 1857 to 1865, was a delegate to both of the
Democratic National Conventions
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in 1860 and was an unsuccessful candidate for
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1863, losing to
Richard T. Jacob. Read was again a delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1864, was a member of the
Kentucky House of Representatives from 1867 to 1869 and was elected a
Democrat
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to the
United States House of Representatives
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in 1870, serving from 1871 to 1875, being unsuccessful for renomination in 1874. Afterwards, he resumed practicing law until his death in
Hodgenville, Kentucky
Hodgenville is a home rule-class city in LaRue County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. Hodgenville sits along the North Fork of the Nolin River. The population was 3,206 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Elizabet ...
on August 5, 1880. He was interred in Red Hill Cemetery in Hodgenville.
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