{{short description|American politician (1826–1886)}} {{infobox officeholder |name=John Roberts Reading |image=JohnRobertsReading.jpg |state=Pennsylvania |district={{ushr|PA|5|5th}} |term_start=March 4, 1869 |term_end=April 13, 1870 |predecessor=Caleb Newbold Taylor |successor=Caleb Newbold Taylor |birth_date={{birth date|1826|11|1}} |birth_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1886|2|14|1826|11|1}} |death_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |resting_place=William Penn Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |party=Democratic |alma_mater=Jefferson Medical College<br>Hahnemann University |profession=Politician }} '''John Roberts Reading''' (November 1, 1826 – February 14, 1886) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
==Biography== Born in Somerton, Philadelphia on November 1, 1826, Reading completed preparatory studies, graduated from the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1847 and began practice in Somerton. He later graduated from Hahnemann College in Philadelphia and practiced homeopathy.
Reading presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the 41st United States Congress and served from March 4, 1869, to April 13, 1870, when he was succeeded by Caleb Newbold Taylor, who contested his election. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1870.
==Death and interment== Reading died in Philadelphia on February 14, 1886, and was interred in the William Penn Cemetery in Somerton.
==Sources== {{CongBio|R000096}} *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reade-rector.html The Political Graveyard]
==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} *{{Find a Grave|7615680}} {{Bioguide}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Reading, John R.}} Category:1826 births Category:1886 deaths Category:American homeopaths Category:Democratic Party United States representatives from Pennsylvania Category:Drexel University alumni Category:Politicians from Philadelphia <!--Technically a parent category to Burials in Philadelphia, but he has significant Philadelphia connections besides just being buried there.--> Category:Thomas Jefferson University alumni Category:19th-century United States representatives