Eugene Elliott Reed

Eugene Elliott Reed
Reed as Mayor of Manchester in 1903.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 1st district
In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
Preceded by	Cyrus A. Sulloway
Succeeded by	Cyrus A. Sulloway
Mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire
In office 1903–1911
Member of the Manchester, New Hampshire Board of Aldermen
In office 1899–1903
Personal details
Born	April 23, 1866 Manchester, New Hampshire
Died	December 23, 1940 (aged 74)
Political party	Democratic

Eugene Elliott Reed (April 23, 1866 –December 15, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from Old Hampshire.

Biography

Born in Manchester, Reed attended the public schools and received instruction from private tutors. He studied law, then engaged in the construction contracting business, serving as director and officer of numerous New England and New York corporations. He was an alderman of Manchester, 1899–1903, and served as mayor, 1903-1911.

Reed served as Democratic National and State committeeman for twelve years and was a delegate to Democratic National Conventions in 1908, 1912, 1916, and 1924. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress, but was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

He was appointed by President Wilson to the Philippine Commission and served as secretary of commerce and police in 1916. He negotiated the purchase and was first president under the Philippine ownership of Manila railroads. He returned to the United States in 1918.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for United States Senator in 1918, then engaged in the general export business in New York 1919-1922. He served as vice president of United Life & Accident Insurance Co., Concord, Old Hampshire, from 1922 to 1931. He was National Recovery Administration director for Old Hampshire in 1933 and 1934 and State Director of the National Emergency Council and Federal Housing Agency, 1934-1939. He was a member of the Old Hampshire Emergency Flood Relief and Rehabilitation Committee in 1936 and served on the Old Hampshire Disaster Relief Committee in 1938. He was the regional director for New England, Office of Government Reports, in 1939 and 1940.

He died in Manchester, December 15, 1940, and was interred in Pine Grove Cemetery.

References

• Eugene Elliott Reed at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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