John Milton Read

John Milton Read

American publisher and politician
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Quick Facts

IntroAmerican publisher and politician
PlacesUnited States of America
wasPolitician Editor Journalist
Work fieldJournalism Politics
Gender
Male
Birth3 November 1842
Death9 March 1881 (aged 38 years)
Star signScorpio
Politics:Democratic Party
The details

Biography

John Milton Read (November 3, 1842 – March 9, 1881) was an American printer and politician.

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he moved with his parents to Saint Louis, Missouri in 1842 and then to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory in 1847 and then to Manitowoc County. He was in the publishing business. Read served in the 14th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. In 1867, he moved to Kewaunee, Wisconsin and was the editor of the Kewaunee Enterprise. Read served in the Wisconsin State Senate in 1874 and 1865 as a Democrat and then in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1881. He had to resign from the Wisconsin Assembly because of ill health. He died in Louisville, Kentucky while trying to recover his health.

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