Charles Ready
{{Short description|American politician (1802–1878)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Charles Ready
|image = Charles Ready, Representative from Tennessee, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait LCCN2010649372 (3x4a).jpg
|order =
|district1 = 5th
|state1 = Tennessee
|term_start1 = March 4, 1853
|term_end1 = March 3, 1859
|predecessor1 = George W. Jones
|successor1 = Robert H. Hatton
|state_house2 = Tennessee
|district2 = Rutherford County
|term_start2 = 1835
|term_end2 = 1837
|alongside2 = Granville Smith Crockett
|party = {{ubl|Whig|American Party}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1802|12|22|mf=y}}
|birth_place = Readyville, Tennessee, U.S.
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1878|06|04|1802|12|22}}
|death_place = Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.
|resting_place = Evergreen Cemetery
|spouse = Martha Alvoid Strong Ready
|children = Charles E. Ready
Aaron R. Ready
Mary Emma Ready Cheatham
Charles E. Horace Ready
Martha Ready Williamson
Cora Alice Ready
Ella Love Ready Jordan
|alma_mater = Greeneville College
|occupation = {{hlist|Politician|lawyer}}
|religion =
}}
Charles Ready (December 22, 1802 – June 4, 1878) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 5th congressional district.
Biography
Ready was born in Readyville in Rutherford County, now called Cannon County, on December 22, 1802. He attended the common schools and graduated from Greeneville College in Tennessee. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1825, and commenced practice in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.{{cite web|title=Charles Ready|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000097|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=26 March 2013}} He was married to Martha Alvoid Strong on May 19, 1825 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Their offspring were:{{cite web|title=Charles Ready|url=http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jacquelinesr&id=I08032|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=26 March 2013}}
- Charles
- Aaron
- Mary Emma
- Horace
- Martha (Mattie) (1840-1887); she married Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan as his second wife – only one of their two daughters reached adulthood yet died soon after marriage; she married secondly on 31 January 1873 in Rutherford, Tennessee, to William Henry Williamson (1828-1887),[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1169&h=6957714&ssrc=pt&tid=77239932&pid=34362031520&usePUB=true Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002.] Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm. Accessed via Ancestry.com July 2017. and had five children:[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61157&h=3247709&ssrc=pt&tid=77239932&pid=340040473424&usePUB=true Correction sheet for the genealogy of the Cloyd, Basye and Tapp families and a photograph of A D Cloyd.] Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Accessed July 2017.
- William Henry Williamson (b. 1873), m. Mary Ready Weaver
- Martha Ready Williamson (b. 1874), m. Winstead P. Bone
- Charles Ready Williamson (b. 1876)
- Alice Martin Williamson (b. 1878), m. Amzi W. Hooker
- Nannie Williamson (1881-1883)
- (Cora) Alice
- Ella Love
Career
In 1835, Ready was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing Rutherford County, alongside Granville Smith Crockett.{{cite web|title=Charles Ready|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/charles_ready/409077|publisher=Govtrack US Cgongress|accessdate=26 March 2013}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/national-banner-and-nashville-whig-tenne/122837081/ |title=Tennessee Legislature |date=1835-10-07 |newspaper=National Banner and Nashville Whig |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-04-14}}{{Open access}} He was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress and re-elected as a member of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses. He served from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1859. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress, and resumed the practice of law.
Death
Ready died in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on June 4, 1878. He is buried at Evergreen Cemetery.{{cite web|title=Charles Ready|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reade-rector.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=26 March 2013}}
References
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External links
{{Portal|Biography}}
- {{CongBio|R000097}}
- {{Find a Grave|6917998}}
- http://www.tnportraits.org/images/ready-charles-large.jpg
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Category:People from Cannon County, Tennessee
Category:Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee
Category:Tennessee Know Nothings
Category:Know-Nothing members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee
Category:American lawyers admitted to the practice of law by reading law
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
Category:19th-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly