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词条 Chester I. Reed
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Education

  3. Newspaper employment

  4. Massachusetts Legislature

  5. Marriage and children

  6. Law career

  7. Public Service Career

  8. Death

  9. References

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|honorific-prefix =Hon.
|name = Chester Isham Reed
|honorific-suffix =
|image =Chester I. Reed.png
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|caption =
|office =Associate Justice of the
Massachusetts Superior Court[1]
|appointer =Alexander H. Bullock
|predecessor =Thomas Russell[1]
|successor =John William Bacon[2]
|term_start =1867[4]
|term_end =1871[2]
|office2 =Massachusetts Attorney General
|governor2 =John Albion Andrew
William Claflin
|predecessor2 =Dwight Foster
|successor2 =Charles Allen
|term_start2 =1864
|term_end2 =April 20, 1867
|office3 =Member of the
Massachusetts Senate[3]
North Bristol District[4]
|predecessor3 =
|successor3 =
|term_start3 =1859[4]
|term_end3 =1859[4]
|term_start4 =1862[3]
|term_end4 =1862[3]
|successor5 =
|office6 =Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[4]
Bristol District
|predecessor6 =
|successor6 =
|term_start6 =1849[5]
|term_end6 =1849
|birth_date =November 23, 1823[1]
|birth_place =Taunton, Massachusetts[6]
|death_date ={{death date and age|1873|9|2|1823|11|23}}[1]
|death_place =White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia[1]
|alma_mater =Taunton High School; Bristol Academy; Brown University[1]
| party =Republican[3]
|profession =Attorney[7]
|spouse = Elizabeth Y. Allyn, m. February 24, 1851.[7]
|children =Sybil Reed; Chester Allyn Reed[7]
|residence =
|signature=Chester I. Reed signature.png
}}Chester Isham Reed (November 23, 1823 – September 2, 1873) was an American attorney who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature,[6] as Attorney General of Massachusetts, and as an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.[7]

Early life

Reed was born to William and Elizabeth Deane (Dennis) Reed[3] on November 23, 1823 in Taunton, Massachusetts.[6][8]

Education

Reed attended Taunton, High School, Bristol Academy and Brown University.[7] Because of his father's adverse circumstances Reed was forced to leave Brown University.[3] Reed moved to Gardiner, Maine to study law.[3] After he completed his study of law, Reed moved back to Taunton[3]

Newspaper employment

After he moved back to Taunton, Massachusetts Reed was, for about a year, editor of the Old Colony Republican newspaper.[3]

Massachusetts Legislature

At the age of 26 Reed was elected to represent Taunton in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[3] Reed was in the Massachusetts Senate[6] in 1858 and 1862.[6][3] While in the Senate of 1862 Reed served on the Joint Standing Committees on Railways and Canals,[9] and on the Subject of Apportioning the State into Congressional Districts.[10]

Marriage and children

On February 24, 1851, Reed married Elizabeth Y. Allyn of New Bedford, Massachusetts.[7] The couple had two children, Sybil Reed, and Chester Allyn Reed.[7]

Law career

In 1848 Reed entered into a law partnership with Anselm Bassett. Reed practiced law in the firm of Bassett & Reed for the next 15 years.[3]

Public Service Career

In 1864 Reed was elected as a Republican[3] to the office of the Massachusetts Attorney General.[3] Reed serves as the Massachusetts Attorney General until 1867 when he was appointed as Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.[3]

Reed resigned from the Superior Court in 1870.[3]

Death

Reed died on September 2, 1873[7] in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, where he had gone to improve his health.[7]

References

1. ^{{Citation| last=Coolidge |first=Henry D. | title = A Manual for the Use of the General Court| page = Page 256. | publisher = Massachusetts General Court| location = Boston, Ma. | date = November 1895}}
2. ^{{Citation |last=Hurd |first=Duane Hamilton | title = History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with biographical sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Vol. I | page = xxxi| publisher = J. Lewis & CO. | location = Philadelphia, PA | year = 1890}}
3. ^10 11 12 13 14 15 {{Citation|last= Borden|first= Alanson| title =Our Country and its People: a Descriptive and Biographical Record of Bristol County Massachusetts| page = 668. | publisher = The Boston History Company| location = Boston, MA | year = 1899}}
4. ^{{Citation| last=Gifford |first=Stephen Nye| title = A Manual for the Use of the General Court| page = Page 197. | publisher = Massachusetts General Court| location = Boston, Ma. | year =1862}}
5. ^{{Citation|last= Capen|first= Nahum| title =The Massachusetts State Record and Year Book of General Information, Volume III | page = 48. | publisher = James French| location = Boston, Massachusetts| year = 1849}}
6. ^{{Citation|last=Davis|first= William Thomas| title =Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume I| page = 363. | publisher = The Boston History Company| location =Boston, Massachusetts | year = 1895}}
7. ^10 11 12 13 {{Citation |last=Hurd |first=Duane Hamilton Hurd| title = History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with biographical sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 1 | page = 10 | publisher = J. Lewis & CO. | location = Philadelphia, PA | year = 1883}}
8. ^{{Citation| last=Emery |first=Samuel Hopkins| title = History of Taunton, Massachusetts: From Its Settlement to the Present Time| page = Page 556. | publisher = D. Mason & Company| location = Syracuse, New York | year =1893}}
9. ^{{Citation| last=Gifford |first=Stephen Nye| title = A Manual for the Use of the General Court| page = Page 241. | publisher = Massachusetts General Court| location =Boston, Massachusetts | year =1862}}
10. ^{{Citation| last=Gifford |first=Stephen Nye| title = A Manual for the Use of the General Court| page = Page 245. | publisher = Massachusetts General Court| location = Boston, Massachusetts | year =1862}}
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8 : 1823 births|1873 deaths|Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives|Massachusetts state senators|Massachusetts Attorneys General|People from Taunton, Massachusetts|19th-century American newspaper editors|19th-century American politicians

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