Milton Reed

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Milton Reed
Massachusetts State Senate

for the Second Bristol District
In office
1881–1881
Personal details
Born(1848-10-01)October 1, 1848
Haverhill, Massachusetts
DiedSeptember 18, 1932(1932-09-18) (aged 83)
Fall River, Massachusetts
Alma materHarvard University, 1868; Harvard Law School
ProfessionAttorney, journalist, newspaper publisher

Milton Reed (October 1, 1848 – September 18, 1932) was an American journalist, attorney and politician who served as Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts.

Biography

Milton Reed was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts on October 1, 1848.[1][2] He graduated from Harvard University in 1868, and worked as a journalist, editing the Fall River Daily Evening News.[1][2][3] He then studied law at Harvard Law School, and in the office of Edmund H. Bennett.[1][4]

In 1881, he served as a member of the

Massachusetts State Senate for the Second Bristol District.[1] He was mayor of Fall River in 1884.[2]

He died in Fall River on September 18, 1932.[3][5]

See also

  • 102nd Massachusetts General Court (1881)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1883). History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 1. Philadelphia, PA: J. Lewis & CO. p. 390B. Retrieved April 21, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ a b c Harvard College Class of 1868 Fortieth Anniversary Secretary's Report No. 8. Boston: E. O. Cockayne. 1908. pp. 118–121. Retrieved April 21, 2023 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b "Milton Reed". Hartford Courant. Fall River, Massachusetts (published September 20, 1932). AP. September 19, 1932. p. 4. Retrieved April 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II, The Boston History Company, p. 217
  5. ^ Mercer, Dede D. (1993), The Reed Review, Issue No. II, p. 12
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts
1884– 1884
Succeeded by