biography
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| lived:
| (1752–1816)
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| biography:
| US senator, born in Christ Church, South Carolina, USA. After serving in the Continental Congress (South Carolina, 1783–5), he served in the US Senate (Federalist, 1795–1801). He was one of the so-called ‘midnight judges’ appointed by President John Adams as he left office. Following the repeal of the act and the Marbury v. Madison case, Read never actually served. |
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