- John Roberts Reading
John Roberts Reading (
November 1 ,1826 –February 14 ,1886 ) was a Democratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania .John Roberts Reading was born in
Somerton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . He completed preparatory studies, and graduated from theJefferson Medical College inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania , in 1847 and began practice in Somerton. He later graduated from Hahnemann College inPhiladelphia and practicedhomeopathy .Reading presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Forty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1869, to April 13, 1870, when he was succeeded by
Caleb N. Taylor , who contested his election. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1870. Died in Philadelphia in 1886. Interment in the William Penn Cemetery in Somerton, Pennsylvania.ources
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