Arthur Kenneth Reading

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

Arthur Kenneth Reading
Reading, circa 1927
27th Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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, US[1][2]
Died	March 1, 1971(1971-03-01) (aged 83) Orlando, Florida, US
Political party	Republican Party[1]
Alma mater	Harvard Law School[2]
Profession	Lawyer[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]

After leaving office, Reading returned to private practice. In his first case following impeachment, Reading secured the acquittal of former hockey star Raymie Skilton, who was charged with larceny of $10,000 from the Framingham National Bank.^[4]

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