List of United States Political Families (B) - The Bedfords and Reads

The Bedfords and Reads

• George Ross (1730–1779), Pennsylvania Colony Assemblyman 1768-1776, delegate to the Pennsylvania Colony Constitutional Convention 1774, Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania 1774-1777, Judge in Pennsylvania 1779. Brother-in-law of George Read.
• George Read (1733–1798), Delegate to the Continental Congress from Delaware 1774-1777, Delaware Assemblyman 1776-1788, President of Delaware 1777-1778, delegate to the Philadelphia Convention, U.S. Senator from Delaware 1789-1795, Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court 1793-1798. Brother-in-law of George Ross.
  • George Read II (1765–1836), U.S. Attorney of Delaware 1789-1836. Son of George Read.
  • John Read (1760–1854), Pennsylvania State Senator 1816-1817. Son of George Read.
  • Gunning Bedford, Sr. (1742–1797), Delaware Assemblyman 1783-1787, Governor of Delaware 1796-1797. Son-in-law of George Read.
  • Gunning Bedford, Jr. (1747–1812), Delegate to the Continental Congress from Delaware 1783-1784 1784-1786. Cousin of Gunning Bedford, Sr.
    • John Meredith Read (1797–1874), Pennsylvania State Representative 1823-1825, U.S. Attorney in Pennsylvania 1837-1841, Attorney General of Pennsylvania 1846, Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court 1858-1872, Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court 1872-1873. Son of John Read.
      • John Meredith Read, Jr. (1837–1896), U.S. Minister to Greece 1873-1877, U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Greece 1877-1879. Son of John Meredith Read.

NOTE: John Read was also son-in-law of Continental Congressional Delegate Samuel Meredith.