Samuel W. Reynolds

Samuel Williams Reynolds
United States Senator
from Nebraska
In office
July 3, 1954  November 7, 1954
Appointed by Robert B. Crosby
Preceded by Hugh A. Butler
Succeeded by Roman Hruska
Personal details
Born (1890-08-11)August 11, 1890
Omaha, Nebraska
Died March 20, 1988(1988-03-20) (aged 97)
Omaha, Nebraska
Political party Republican

Samuel Williams Reynolds (August 11, 1890  March 20, 1988) was a Republican United States Senator from Nebraska.

Reynolds was born in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1908, he engaged in the Omaha wholesale coal business.

During World War I, Reynolds served in the Air Service. He later became a colonel and served as the director of the Army Specialist Corps in Omaha from 1942 to 1943. He was a delegate to the 1936 Republican National Convention.

In 1954, Reynolds was appointed by Governor Robert B. Crosby to the United States Senate to fill the open seat caused by the death of Hugh Butler. He declined to run for the office that year and resumed selling coal. He subsequently became a member of the Omaha City Council from 1957 to 1958.

Reynolds lived in Omaha until his death in 1988. He was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

References

  1. "The Political Graveyard". Reynolds, Samuel Williams. Retrieved January 11, 2006. 
  2. "Congressional Bioguide". Reynolds, Samuel Williams. Retrieved January 11, 2006. 

External links

Samuel W. Reynolds at Find a Grave

United States Senate
Preceded by
Hugh Butler
United States Senator from Nebraska (Class 1)
July 3, 1954 November 7, 1954
Succeeded by
Roman Hruska
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Stephen Young
Oldest living U.S. Senator
December 1, 1984 March 20, 1988
Succeeded by
Gladys Pyle


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