Edwin Godwin Reade

Edwin Godwin Reade (November 13, 1812 – October 18, 1894) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1855 and 1857. He later served in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.

Edwin Reade
Confederate States Senator
from North Carolina
In office
January 22, 1864 – February 18, 1864
Preceded byGeorge Davis
Succeeded byWilliam Graham
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857
Preceded byJames Clay
Succeeded byJohn Gilmer
Personal details
Born
Edwin Godwin Reade

(1812-11-13)November 13, 1812
Person County, North Carolina
DiedOctober 18, 1894(1894-10-18) (aged 81)
Raleigh, North Carolina
Political partyAmerican

Biography

Edwin Reade was born in Person County, North Carolina in 1812; a lawyer, he was admitted to the bar in 1835 and practiced in Roxboro.

Reade served a single term in the 34th United States Congress as a member of the American Party (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857), and refused to run for re-election in 1856. In 1863, Governor Zebulon Vance appointed Reade to the Confederate Senate to fill the seat of George Davis, who had resigned to become the Confederacy's Attorney General.

Following the Civil War, Reade presided over the Reconstruction convention in 1865 in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1868, he was named as associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, a post he held until 1879. Following his retirement from government, Reade engaged in banking in Raleigh, where he died in 1894. He is buried in Raleigh's Oakwood Cemetery.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
John Kerr		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 5th congressional district
1855–1857		 Succeeded by
John Gilmer
Confederate States Senate
Preceded by
George Davis		 Confederate States Senator (Class 1) from North Carolina
1864
Served alongside: William Dortch		 Succeeded by
William Graham
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