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
[edit]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
[edit]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 West Virginia Senate 1895–1899 and also the postmaster of Clarksburg 1897–1901. He served as the president of the board of trustees of Broaddus College 1901–1908. In addition, he was a member of the International Tax Conference at Louisville, Kentucky in 1909 and the Secretary of State of West Virginia 1909–1917. He also was the president of the Association of American Secretaries of State in 1915.
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- United States Congress. "Stuart F. Reed (id: R000127)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Stuart F. Reed at Find a Grave
- 1866 births
- 1935 deaths
- Politicians from Clarksburg, West Virginia
- Secretaries of state of West Virginia
- Editors of West Virginia newspapers
- People from Philippi, West Virginia
- Fairmont State University alumni
- West Virginia University College of Law alumni
- Republican Party West Virginia state senators
- Educators from West Virginia
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia
- 19th-century West Virginia politicians
- 20th-century West Virginia politicians