Read succeeded Nicholas Biddle in the Pennsylvania Senate in 1816 , was state director of the Philadelphia Bank in 1817 .
Succeeding his wife 's uncle , George Clymer , as president of that bank in 1819 , he filled that post until 1841 , when he resigned .
Read succeeded Nicholas Biddle in the Pennsylvania Senate in 1816 , was state director of the Philadelphia Bank in 1817 , and succeeding his wife 's uncle , George Clymer , as president of that bank in 1819 , he filled that post until 1841 , when he resigned .