Background
Read, Thomas was born on May 28, 1881 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Thomas and Jane (Davidson) Read.
lawyer politician member of the Michigan House of Representatives member of the Michigan Senate
Read, Thomas was born on May 28, 1881 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Thomas and Jane (Davidson) Read.
Bachelor of Laws, University Michigan, 1913.
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. The elementary school in his hometown of Shelby is named for Read.
Member Michigan House of Representatives, 1915-1921, speaker, 1919-1921. Member Judicial Council of 9th Congressional District. Member University of Michigan Advisory Council since 1941.
Member National and Michigan State bar associations. Mason (Scottish Rite, Shriner), Rotarian.
Married Ethel K. White, March 20, 1915. Children: Margaret Jean (Mistress Donald Lauer), Mary Elizabeth (Mistress Rodney Rogers).