Joseph Rea Reed

Joseph Rea Reed (March 12, 1835 - April 2, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.

Born in Ashland County, Ohio, Reed attended the common schools and Vermillion Institution, Hayesville, Ohio from 1854 to 1857.He moved to Adel, Iowa, in 1857.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and engaged in the practice of law at Adel until 1861. Enlisted as first lieutenant in the Second Battery, Iowa Light Artillery, in July 1861, promoted to captain in October 1864, and served until June 10, 1865.He resumed the practice of law in Adel.He served as member of the State senate in 1866 and 1868.He moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1869.He served as judge of the district court 1872-1884.He served as judge of the supreme court of the State 1884-1889.

Reed was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress. Chief justice of the court of private land claims in 1891-1904.He resumed the practice of law in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he died on April 2, 1925.He was interred in Walnut Hill Cemetery.

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