| Arthur Kenneth Reading | |
| Caption: | Reading, circa 1927 |
| Office: | 27th Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
| Governor: | Alvan T. Fuller |
| Predecessor: | Jay R. Benton |
| Successor: | Joseph E. Warner |
| Term Start: | 1927 |
| Term End: | June 6, 1928 |
| Office2: | Middlesex County District Attorney |
| Predecessor2: | Endicott Peabody Saltonstall |
| Successor2: | Robert T. Bushnell |
| Term Start2: | 1923 |
| Term End2: | 1926 |
| Office3: | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 3rd Middlesex District |
| Term Start3: | 1919 |
| Term End3: | 1922 |
| Birth Date: | March 9, 1887 |
| Birth Place: | Williamsport, Pennsylvania, US |
| Death Place: | Orlando, Florida, US |
| Alma Mater: | Harvard Law School |
| Party: | Republican Party |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
Arthur Kenneth Reading (March 9, 1887 – March 1, 1971) was an American politician who served as Massachusetts Attorney General from 1927 to 1928.[1]
Reading was born on March 9, 1887, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.[1]
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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
He died on March 1, 1971, in Orlando, Florida.