|
Isaac Reed (August 22, 1809 - September 19, 1887) was a United States Representative from Maine. ==Biography== Reed was born in Waldoboro on August 22, 1809, and was the oldest son of Col. Isaac G. Reed. He prepared for college at Bloomfield Academy, but chose to became a merchant-ship builder, rather than attending college, and became the senior partner in the shipbuilding company of Reed, Welt and Co. He also engaged in banking as the "...president of Waldoboro State and National Bank during its entire existence of thirty-two years."〔Miller, Samuel Llewellyn. ''History of the Town of Waldoboro, Maine''. Wiscasset, Me.: Emerson, printer, 1910. Print. http://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofw00lcmill/historyoftownofw00lcmill_djvu.txt accessed 11/11/2013〕 Reed was town clerk of Waldoboro from 1836 to 1838. He served in the Maine State Senate in 1839, 1840, 1850 and 1863. He was a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1842, 1843 and 1846.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=REED, Isaac, (1809 - 1887) )〕 He was appointed as a member of the State board of agriculture and a trustee of the Maine Insane Hospital. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress, but subsequently was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles Andrews and served from June 25, 1852 to March 3, 1853.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Rep. Isaac Reed )〕 He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Maine in 1854 and 1855. Reed resumed shipbuilding. He served as Maine State Treasurer in 1856. Upon the dissolution of the Whig Party, he became a Democrat. Reed was again elected a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1870 and 1871. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Isaac Reed (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|