Stuart F. Reed | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWest Virginia's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Adam Brown Littlepage |
| Succeeded by | John M. Wolverton |
| 14thSecretary of State of West Virginia | |
| In office 1909–1917 | |
| Governor | William E. Glasscock Henry D. Hatfield |
| Preceded by | Charles Swisher |
| Succeeded by | Houston G. Young |
| Member of theWest Virginia Senate from the3rd district | |
| In office 1895–1899 | |
| Preceded by | Orlando Hardman |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Smith |
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| Born | Stuart Felix Reed (1866-01-08)January 8, 1866 Barbour, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | July 4, 1935(1935-07-04) (aged 69) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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| Education | Fairmont State Normal School West Virginia University |
Stuart Felix Reed (January 8, 1866 – July 4, 1935) was an American lawyer andRepublican politician who became theSecretary of State of West Virginia (1909–1917) and representedWest Virginia's 3rd congressional district in theUnited States House of Representatives (1917–1925).
Reed was born nearPhilippi,Barbour County, West Virginia to Margaret J. Reed and her farmer husband, Melton D. Reed. By 1880, the family also included a daughter, Orea.[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 ofWest 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]
He founded and edited theAthenaeum (college journal) in 1889 and was the editor of theTelegram inClarksburg, West Virginia from 1890 to 1898.
Reed was a member of theWest Virginia Senate from 1895 to 1899, and the postmaster of Clarksburg from 1897 to 1901. He served as the president of the board of trustees ofBroaddus College from 1901 to 1908. He was a member of the International Tax Conference atLouisville, Kentucky in 1909 and theSecretary of State of West Virginia from 1909 to 1917. He also was the president of the Association of American Secretaries of State in 1915.
Voters fromWest Virginia's 3rd district[3] elected him 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 DemocratEskridge Morton. Reed declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1924.
After leaving Congress, Reed engaged in literary pursuits and changed his residence toWashington, D.C.[4] He died there on July 4, 1935.
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| Preceded by Charles Wesley Swisher | Republican nominee forSecretary of State of West Virginia 1908, 1912 | Succeeded by Houston G. Young |
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| Preceded by | Secretary of State of West Virginia 1909–1917 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromWest Virginia's 3rd congressional district 1917–1925 | Succeeded by |
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