governor predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place children party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name alma_mater
francis shunk john kane benjamin champneys 29 november 1874 philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. meredith federalist 1848 -rrb- free soil -lrb- 1848 -- 1854 -rrb- republican -lrb- -lrb- 1854 -- 1874 -rrb- before 1824 -rrb- democratic -lrb- 1828 -- attorney general of pennsylvania 21 july 1797 june 23 , 1846 priscilla -lrb- 1855 -- 1874 -rrb- marshall -lrb- 1828 -- 1841 -rrb- amelia thompson john m. read
 december 18 , 1846 john read university of pennsylvania
john m. read

john meredith read -lrb- july 21 , 1797 -- november 29 , 1874 -rrb- was an american lawyer , jurist , and politician from philadelphia , pennsylvania .
he was one of the founders of the republican party and chief justice of the pennsylvania supreme court .
