Arthur Kenneth Reading

Arthur Kenneth Reading
Arthur Kenneth Reading
Massachusetts Attorney General
	In office; 1927 – June 6, 1928
Governor	Alvan T. Fuller
Preceded by	Jay R. Benton
Succeeded by	Joseph E. Warner
Middlesex County District Attorney
	In office; 1923–1926
Preceded by	Endicott Peabody Saltonstall
Succeeded by	Robert T. Bushnell
Member of the; Massachusetts House of Representatives; 3rd Middlesex District[1]
	In office; 1919[1] – 1922[1]
Personal details
Born	March 9, 1887[2]; Williamsport, Pennsylvania[1][2]
Died	March 1, 1971 (aged 83); Orlando, Florida
Political party	Republican Party[1]
Alma mater	Harvard Law School[2]
Profession	Lawyer[2]

Arthur Kenneth Reading (March 9, 1887 – March 1, 1971) was an American politician who served as Massachusetts Attorney General from 1927 to 1928.[2]

Biography

Reading was born on March 9, 1887, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.[2]

Reading was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1919 to 1922, he was the District Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from 1923 to 1926 before being elected Attorney General in 1926.[2]

Reading resigned as Attorney General on June 6, 1928, after the Massachusetts House of Representatives voted 196 to 18 to impeach him after he accepted $60,000 worth of bribes, the largest being a $25,000 bribe from Decimo Club, Inc.[3]

He died on March 1, 1971, in Orlando, Florida.

External links

Arthur Kenneth Reading at Find a Grave

References

Howard, Richard T. (1921), Public officials of Massachusetts 1921–1922, Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. Page 268
Public Officials of Massachusetts 1927–28. Boston Review Publicity Service.
"Impeachment". Time. June 18, 1928. Retrieved February 12, 2010. With great solemnity, violent denunciation and impassioned infinitive-splitting by the prosecutors, the Massachusetts House of Representatives last week voted 196 to 18 the impeachment of Massachusetts' Attorney General, Arthur K. Reading. It was the first time in 148 years that the Commonwealth had found out a corrupt public officer and affixed censure. ...

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[Howard_1921_Page_268-1] Howard, Richard T. (1921), Public officials of Massachusetts 1921–1922, Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. Page 268

[public-2] Public Officials of Massachusetts 1927–28. Boston Review Publicity Service.

[3] "Impeachment". Time. June 18, 1928. Retrieved February 12, 2010. With great solemnity, violent denunciation and impassioned infinitive-splitting by the prosecutors, the Massachusetts House of Representatives last week voted 196 to 18 the impeachment of Massachusetts' Attorney General, Arthur K. Reading. It was the first time in 148 years that the Commonwealth had found out a corrupt public officer and affixed censure. ...