Stuart F. Reed
Stuart F. Reed | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 3rd district | |
In office March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1925 | |
Preceded by | Adam Brown Littlepage |
Succeeded by | John M. Wolverton |
14th Secretary of State of West Virginia | |
In office 1909–1917 | |
Preceded by | Charles Swisher |
Succeeded by | Houston G. Young |
Member of the West Virginia Senate from the 3rd district | |
In office 1895–1899 | |
Preceded by | Orlando Hardman |
Succeeded by | Anthony Smith |
Personal details | |
Born | Stuart Felix Reed January 8, 1866 Barbour, West Virginia, U.S. |
Died | July 4, 1935 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 69)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Bonnie Belle Smith (m. 1898) |
Education | Fairmont State Normal School West Virginia University |
Stuart Felix Reed (January 8, 1866 – July 4, 1935) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who became the Secretary of State of West Virginia (1909–1917) and represented West Virginia's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives (1917–1925).
Early and family life
Reed was born near Philippi, Barbour County, West Virginia to Margaret J. Reed and her farmer husband, Melton D. Reed. By 1880, the family also included a daughter Orea (age )[1] Reed attended the Barbour County public schools and taught in country schools. He graduated from the Fairmont State Normal School in 1885 and from the law department of West Virginia University at Morgantown in 1889.
He married Bonnie Belle Smith (1872-1954), daughter of James and Ellen Smith of Harrison County on June 16, 1898.[2]
Career
He founded and edited the Athenaeum (college journal) in 1889 and was the editor of the Telegram in Clarksburg, West Virginia 1890–1898. Reed was a member of the
Voters from West Virginia's 3rd District[3] as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1925). In Congress, he served as chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Sixty-seventh Congress) and the Committee on District of Columbia (Sixty-eighth Congress). In his final term, he defeated Democrat Eskridge Morton. Reed declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1924.
Death and legacy
After leaving Congress, Reed engaged in literary pursuits and changed his residence to Washington, D.C.,[4] He died there on July 4, 1935.
References
- ^ 1880 U.S. Federal Census for district 75, Elk Township, Barbour County, West Virginia
- ^ West Virginia Marriages Index
- ^ Lawrence Kestenbaum. "The Political Graveyard". Retrieved 2008-11-23.
- ^ 1930 U.S. Federal census for District 283, Washington, District of Columbia p. 15 of 15
External links
- United States Congress. "Stuart F. Reed (id: R000127)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Stuart F. Reed at Find a Grave