| Almon Heath Read | |
| Image Name: | Almon H. Read.png |
| Caption: | Congressman Almon H. Read |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| District: | 12th |
| Term Start: | 1843 |
| Term End: | 1844 |
| Preceded: | James Cooper |
| Succeeded: | George Fuller |
| State2: | Pennsylvania |
| District2: | 17th |
| Term Start2: | 1842 |
| Term End2: | 1843 |
| Preceded2: | David Dimock, Jr. |
| Succeeded2: | James Irvin |
| State Senate3: | Pennsylvania |
| District3: | 11th |
| Term Start3: | 1833 |
| Term End3: | 1837 |
| Preceded3: | Reuben Wilber |
| Succeeded3: | Luther Kidder |
| Office4: | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
| Term Start4: | 1827 |
| Term End4: | 1832 |
| Office5: | 14th Treasurer of Pennsylvania |
| Term Start5: | 1840 |
| Term End5: | 1841 |
| Birth Date: | 12 June 1790 |
| Birth Place: | Shelburne, Vermont, US |
| Death Place: | Montrose, Pennsylvania, US |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Alma Mater: | Williams College |
Almon Heath Read (June 12, 1790 – June 3, 1844) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district from 1842 to 1843 and Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district from 1843 to 1844. He served in both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature and as Pennsylvania State Treasurer.
Read was born in Shelburne, Vermont. He graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1811. He served as county clerk from 1815 to 1820. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in Montrose, Pennsylvania.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1827 to 1832. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 11th district from 1833 to 1837 and as Pennsylvania State Treasurer from 1840 to 1841.[1]
Read was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Davis Dimock, Jr. He was reelected to the Twenty-eighth Congress and served until his death in Montrose in 1844. Interment in Montrose Cemetery.
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