Biography

06/12/1790 - 06/03/1844

Almon Heath Read (D11) Bradford, Susquehanna, Tioga Counties 1833-1837

Early Life:

Almon Heath Read, born June 12, 1790, Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vermont; Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1811; Clerk, Susquehanna County, 1815-1820; studied law, admitted, bar, law practice, Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, 1816; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives 1827-1833; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1833-1837; Pennsylvania State Treasurer, 1840-1841; elected, Democrat, United States House of Representatives, 1842-1844; died, June 3, 1844 (age 53 years, 357 days), in office, Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; interment, Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Clerk, Susquehanna County, 1815-1820.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1827-1833.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 11^th District, Bradford, Susquehanna, Tioga Counties, 1833-1837.

Democrat, Pennsylvania State Treasurer, 1840-1841.

Elected, Democrat, United States House of Representatives, Twenty-seventh Congress, vacancy, death of Davis Dimock, Jr.; reelected, Twenty-eighth Congress, 1842, until his death, June 3, 1844.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

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Cited:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12525258/almon-heath-read