Nathan Read

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Nathan Read (July 2, 1759 - January 20, 1849) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Warren, he attended the common schools and was graduated from Harvard University in 1781. He taught school in Beverly and Salem and was elected a tutor in Harvard University, where he continued until 1787. He opened an apothecary store in Salem and was interested in an iron factory at Danvers.

Read was elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel Sewall; he was reelected to the Seventh Congress and served from November 25, 1800, to March 3, 1803. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1802. In 1803, he was judge of the court of common pleas of Essex County. In 1807, he moved to Belfast, Maine, and was judge of the county court of Hancock County that year. He was instrumental in establishing Belfast Academy and served as trustee for forty years. He died near Belfast; interment was in Grove Cemetery, Belfast.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress