Thomas B. Reed Biography

Thomas B. Reed biography

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NAME: Thomas B. Reed
OCCUPATION: U.S. Representative
BIRTH DATE: October 18, 1839
DEATH DATE: December 07, 1902
EDUCATION: Portland High School, Bowdoin College
PLACE OF BIRTH: Portland, Maine
PLACE OF DEATH: Washington, D.C.
Full Name: Thomas Brackett Reed

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Thomas B. Reed was the Speaker of the 38th United States House of Representatives from Maine from 1895 to 1899.

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Thomas B. Reed was an outspoken U.S. Republican Party leader. In 1877, he was elected to the Maine House of Representatives and then state Senate. In 1895, he was elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and pushed for procedural changes (the Reed Rules) that ensured legislative control by the majority party. He resigned in protest and retired to New York to practice law and write.