John Reed Jr.

For other people with the same name, see John Reed (disambiguation).
John Reed, Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 11th district
In office
March 4, 1833  March 3, 1841
Preceded by John Quincy Adams
Succeeded by Barker Burnell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 13th district
In office
March 4, 1823  March 3, 1833
Preceded by William Eustis
Succeeded by District eliminated until 1893
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 9th district
In office
March 4, 1815  March 3, 1817
Preceded by Laban Wheaton
Succeeded by Walter Folger Jr.
In office
March 4, 1821  March 3, 1823
Preceded by Walter Folger Jr.
Succeeded by Henry W. Dwight
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1813  March 3, 1815
Preceded by Isaiah L. Green
Succeeded by William Baylies
17th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office
January 9, 1844  January 11, 1851
Governor George N. Briggs
Preceded by Henry H. Childs
Succeeded by Henry W. Cushman
Personal details
Born (1781-09-02)September 2, 1781
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Died November 25, 1860(1860-11-25) (aged 79)
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Political party Federalist
National Republican
Anti-Masonic
Whig
Alma mater Brown University
Occupation Lawyer

John Reed Jr. (September 2, 1781 – November 25, 1860) was a Representative from Massachusetts.

Reed was born in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island in 1803, and was a tutor of languages in that institution for two years, and principal of the Bridgewater, Massachusetts Academy in 1806 and 1807. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.

Reed was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814, [1] and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1830.[2]


He was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817); elected to the Seventeenth through Twenty-third Congresses; elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-fourth Congress, and elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1841). He was chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Twenty-second Congress). He declined to be candidate for reelection in 1840.

He was the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1845–1851).

Reed died in West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Interment was in Mount Prospect Cemetery, Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

Reed was the son of John Reed Sr.

References

  1. American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
  2. "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter R" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Isaiah L. Green
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 8th congressional district

March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1815
Succeeded by
William Baylies
Preceded by
Laban Wheaton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district

March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1817
Succeeded by
Walter Folger Jr.
Preceded by
Walter Folger Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district

March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823
Succeeded by
Henry W. Dwight
Preceded by
William Eustis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 13th congressional district

March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1833
Succeeded by
District eliminated
Preceded by
John Quincy Adams
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district

March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1841
Succeeded by
Barker Burnell
Political offices
Preceded by
Henry H. Childs
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
1844–1851
Succeeded by
Henry W. Cushman
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