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American politician
William Brown Read
A man with black, curly hair and a mustache wearing a black jacket, vest, and tie and white shirt
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875
Preceded byJ. Proctor Knott
Succeeded byJ. Proctor Knott
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
In office
1867–1869
Member of the Kentucky Senate
In office
1857–1865
Personal details
Born(1817-12-14)December 14, 1817
Hardin County, Kentucky, USA
DiedAugust 5, 1880(1880-08-05) (aged 62)
Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseSally Rawlings Kennedy Read
ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer

William Brown Read (December 14, 1817 – August 5, 1880) was a 19th-century politician and lawyer from Kentucky.

Born in Hardin County, Kentucky, Read completed preparatory studies, studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Hodgenville, Kentucky in 1849. He was a member of the Kentucky Senate from 1857 to 1865, was a delegate to both of the Democratic National Conventions 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 to the United States House of Representatives in 1870, serving from 1871 to 1875, being unsuccessful for renomination in 1874. Afterwards, he resumed practicing law until his death in Hodgenville, Kentucky on August 5, 1880. He was interred in Red Hill Cemetery in Hodgenville.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byJ. Proctor Knott Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 4th congressional district
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 		Succeeded byJ. Proctor Knott

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