Thomas Read | |
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| 44th Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives | |
| In office January 1, 1919 –December 31, 1920 | |
| Governor | Albert E. Sleeper |
| Preceded by | Wayne R. Rice |
| Succeeded by | Fred L. Warner |
| Member of the MichiganHouseofRepresentatives from the Oceana County district | |
| In office January 1,1915 –December 31,1920 | |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Rankin |
| 36th &40th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan | |
| In office January 1,1935 –January 1,1937 | |
| Governor | Frank D. Fitzgerald |
| Preceded by | Allen E. Stebbins |
| Succeeded by | Leo J. Nowicki |
| In office January 1,1921 –January 1,1925 | |
| Governor | Alex J. Groesbeck |
| Preceded by | Luren Dickinson |
| Succeeded by | George W. Welsh |
| 41st Michigan Attorney General | |
| In office January 1,1939 –January 1,1941 | |
| Governor | Frank Fitzgerald Luren Dickinson |
| Preceded by | Raymond Wesley Starr |
| Succeeded by | Herbert J. Rushton |
| Member of the Michigan Senate from the 26th district | |
| In office January 1,1927 –December 31,1928 | |
| Preceded by | Orville E. Atwood |
| Succeeded by | Orville E. Atwood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 28,1881 Rochester,New York |
| Died | April 7,1962 (aged 80) Kalamazoo,Michigan |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Ethel |
| Residence | Shelby,Oceana County,Michigan |
| Profession | Attorney |
Thomas Read (May 28,1881 –April 7,1962) was a Republican politician from Michigan who served in the Michigan House of Representatives including as its Speaker during the 50th Legislature,as the lieutenant governor of Michigan under Alex J. Groesbeck,as a member of the Michigan State Senate,and as Michigan Attorney General. [1]
Born in Rochester,New York,of English and Scottish ancestry to Thomas and Jane Read on May 28,1881,Read was either a candidate for or served in nearly all state-level offices in Michigan (he was never a candidate for or elected Secretary of State). He was a candidate in the primary for Governor of Michigan in 1924,losing to Alex J. Groesbeck,and 1940,losing to Luren Dickinson.
Read was a presidential elector for Michigan in 1928,casting a ballot for Herbert Hoover,and a delegate to the 1940 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia which nominated Wendell Willkie (who eventually lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan was a candidate for the nomination at that convention.
Read died after surgery at a hospital in Kalamazoo,Michigan in 1962. [2] The elementary school in his hometown of Shelby is named for Read. [3]
