William Augustus Reeder (August 28, 1849 – November 7, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Reeder moved with his parents to Ipava, Illinois, in 1853, attended the public schools, and "at the age of 14, he began teaching in the public schools, a vocation he followed until 30 years of age". [1] Reeder moved to Beloit, Kansas, in 1871, and served as principal of the Beloit public schools from 1871-1879. Reeder then moved to Logan, Kansas, in 1880, and engaged in banking there. Reeder was interested in irrigation farming 1891-1901.[ citation needed ]
Reeder was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to the five succeeding congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911). [1] serving as chairman of the committee on mileage during the (Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, and Fifty-ninth congresses), and on the committee on the irrigation of arid lands during Sixtieth and Sixty-first congresses. Reeder was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910.
Reeder moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1911 and to Beverly Hills, California, in 1913, where he engaged in banking and in the real estate business until 1926. He died in Beverly Hills, California, on November 7, 1929, and was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Hollywood, California. [2]
Victor Howard Metcalf was an American politician; he served in President Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet as Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and then as Secretary of the Navy.
Thomas Robert Bard was an American political leader in California who assisted in the organization of Ventura County and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1900 to 1905 as a Republican. He is known as the "Father of Port Hueneme" for his efforts in building and expanding the city, as well as the first and only deep water port in the area. He is one of the founders of the UNOCAL company.
William Stedman Greene was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Archibald Bard Darragh was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
James Nicholas Kehoe was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Milton John Daniels was an American Civil War veteran and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from California from 1903 to 1905.
Elijah Banks Lewis was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Gilbert Nelson Haugen was a seventeen-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district, then located in northeastern Iowa. For nearly five years, he was the longest-serving member of the House. Born before the American Civil War, and first elected to Congress in the 19th century, Haugen served until his defeat in the 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt landslide.
Ben Franklin Caldwell was an American politician who served two non-consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from Illinois in from 1899 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1909.
James McAndrews was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Joseph Verdi Graff was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Martin Emerich was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
William Frank Mahoney was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Elias Selah Holliday was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1901 to 1909.
Justin De Witt Bowersock was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
William Alexander Calderhead was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
James Monroe Miller was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Charles Frederick Scott was a United States House of Representatives from Kansas.
Joseph John Gill was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1899 to 1903.
Charles Newell Fowler Sr. was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1911.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.