- Frank R. Reid
Frank R. Reid (
April 18 ,1879 -January 25 ,1945 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIllinois .Born in
Aurora, Illinois , Reid attended the public schools, theUniversity of Chicago , and the Chicago College of Law.He was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice inAurora, Illinois .He served as prosecuting attorney of Kane County 1904-1908. State's attorney 1904-1908.He served as assistant United States attorney at Chicago 1908-1910.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1911 and 1912.He served as chairman of the Kane County Republican central committee 1914-1916. Secretary of the League of Illinois Municipalities in 1916 and 1917.Reid was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses (
March 4 ,1923 -January 3 ,1935 ).He served as chairman of the Committee on Flood Conrol (Sixty-ninth through Seventy-first Congresses).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1934.He engaged in the general practice of law at Chicago and Aurora, Illinois.He died inAurora, Illinois , onJanuary 25 ,1945 .He was interred in Spring Lake Cemetery.References
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