Charles Ready

Charles Ready was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 5th congressional district. He was born in Readyville in Rutherford County, now called Cannon County, on December 22, 1802. He attended the common schools and graduated from Greeneville College in Tennessee. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1825, and commenced practice in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In 1835, he was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.

He was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress and re-elected as a member of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses. He served from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1859. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress. He resumed the practice of law and died in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on June 4, 1878. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

References

• Charles Ready at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

Biography portal

• Charles Ready at Find a Grave

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Name	Ready, Charles
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Date of birth	1802
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Date of death	1878
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