Clyde M. Reed
Clyde M. Reed | |
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Governor of Kansas | |
| In office January 14, 1929 – January 12, 1931 | |
| Lieutenant | Jacob W. Graybill |
| Preceded by | Benjamin S. Paulen |
| Succeeded by | Harry H. Woodring |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 19, 1871 Champaign County, Illinois |
| Died | November 8, 1949 (aged 78) Parsons, Kansas |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Minnie E. Hart |
| Profession | teacher, postman, newspaper editor |
Clyde Martin Reed (October 19, 1871 – November 8, 1949) was an American politician from
24th Governor of Kansas and U.S. Senator
from that state.
Biography
Born in
Post Office Department superintendent. He married Minnie E. Hart in 1891 and they had ten children.[1]
Career
In 1919, Reed became personal secretary to Governor
Henry J. Allen in Topeka, who was also owner and publisher of the Wichita Beacon. Four years later, he purchased controlling interest in the Parsons Sun newspaper of Parsons, Kansas, and continued as publisher until his death in 1949.[2] He served on the Kansas Industrial Court from 1920 to 1921, and was a member of the Public Utilities Commission from 1921 to 1924.[3]
Reed was elected
Governor of Kansas in 1929, after becoming known as a candidate for being extremely progressive. Shortly after he moved into the governor's mansion, the Great Depression began. Reed called an extra session of the state legislature
to combat the troubles faced by Kansans dealing with the depression.
Reed was defeated in his bid for renomination in 1930, and returned to newspaper editing. When the anti-Semitic preacher
Gerald B. Winrod ran for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate in 1938 and seemed likely to win it, Reed was recruited by the mainstream political establishment as a popular figure who could prevent Winrod's nomination. Reed won the nomination and the general election, unseating incumbent Democrat George McGill, and was re-elected in 1944, and served in that office until his death.[4] While in the Senate, his fellow Kansas Senator was also a former governor, Arthur Capper. Reed attempted to obtain the 1942 Republican
nomination for governor of Kansas but failed.
Death
Reed died in 1949 while on a visit home from the Senate.[5] He is interred at Oakwood Cemetery in Parsons.
See also
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
References
- ^ "Clyde M. Reed". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ^ "Clyde M. Reed". Parsons Sun.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ^ "Clyde M. Reed". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ^ "Clyde M. Reed". Biographical directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ^ "78-Year-Old Senator From Kansas Dies After Fall Down Stairs". The Union City Times-Gazette. November 9, 1949. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clyde M. Reed.
- United States Congress. "Clyde M. Reed (id: R000112)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Clyde M. Reed at Find a Grave
- Parsons Sun.com
- National Governors Association
- Publications concerning Kansas Governor Reed's administration available via the KGI Online Library
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