| 词条 | Richard Reading |
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| name = Richard Reading | image = Readingmayor39.jpg | smallimage = | caption = |order=59th | office =Mayor of Detroit | term_start = January 4, 1938 | term_end = January 1, 1940 | predecessor = Frank Couzens | successor = Edward Jeffries | birth_date = {{birth-date|February 7, 1882}} | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan | death_date = {{death-date and age|December 9, 1952|February 7, 1882}} | death_place = Brighton, Michigan | constituency = | party = | alma_mater = | spouse = | profession = | religion = | signature = | footnotes = }} Richard W. Reading (February 7, 1882 – December 9, 1952) was a Republican mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 1938 to 1940. BiographyRichard Reading was born in Detroit on February 7, 1882, the son of Richard W. and Louise M. Reading.[1] He was educated in the Detroit Public Schools and attended the University of Detroit.[1] Reading married Blanche White in 1901.[1] The couple had four children.[4] Reading was for a time a semi-pro wrestler.[4] He later worked variously as a printer, a newspaper executive, and a real estate dealer before entering public life in 1921.[4] Reading was appointed City Assessor in 1921, moved to City Controller in 1924, and was elected City Clerk in 1926.[1] He stayed in the office of clerk until 1939, when he ran for mayor, ultimately defeating Patrick H. O'Brien by nearly two-to-one.[2] However, once in the office, Reading engaged in graft, selling protection to numbers racketeers and promotions to police officers.[3] This corruption was exposed as the campaign for the next mayoral election was gearing up,[3] and Reading was crushed by Edward Jeffries.[3][4] Shortly after leaving office, Reading was indicted on charges of accepting bribes and conspiring to protect Detroit's gambling rackets.[5] He was sentenced to four to five years in prison, of which he served three.[5] Richard W. Reading died on December 9, 1952 in Brighton, Michigan.[6] {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{s-bef | before=Frank Couzens}}{{s-ttl | title=Mayor of Detroit | years = January 4, 1938 – January 1, 1940}}{{s-aft | after=Edward Jeffries}}{{end}}References1. ^1 2 3 {{citation | title = Who's Who in Detroit, 1935-36 | publisher = Walter Romig & Co | year = 1935 | page = 264}} {{DetroitMayors}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Reading, Richard}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news | title = CIO Candidate is Defeated in Detroit Vote | newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = Nov 3, 1937 | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1U4nAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vGkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2064,1924001&dq=richard-reading&hl=en}} 3. ^1 2 {{citation | title = Detroit and the "Good War": the World War II letters of Mayor Edward Jeffries and friends |author1 = Edward Jeffries | author2 = Dominic J. Capeci | publisher = University Press of Kentucky |year = 1996 | page = 6 | isbn = 0-8131-1974-X | url = https://books.google.com/?id=mGds2X-qNAAC&pg=PA6&dq=%22richard+w+Reading%22#v=onepage&q=%22richard%20w%20Reading%22&f=false}} 4. ^{{cite news | title = JEFFIES LIKELY WINNER; Detroit Mayor Seeks Fifth Term | newspaper = New York Times | date = Nov 2, 1947}} 5. ^1 {{cite news | title = Kilpatrick among other Detroit officials who have faced legal trouble | newspaper = The Detroit News| date = March 24, 2008 | url = http://detnews.com/article/20080324/METRO/803240424/Kilpatrick-among-other-Detroit-officials-who-have-faced-legal-trouble#ixzz150Q19JY8}} 6. ^{{cite news | title = EX-MAYOR READING OF DETROIT IS DEAD| newspaper = THE NEW YORK TIMES | date = December 10, 1952 | url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0612F93A5E177B93C2A81789D95F468585F9}} 5 : 1882 births|1952 deaths|Mayors of Detroit|University of Detroit Mercy alumni|20th-century American politicians |
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