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Daniel A. Reed
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
In office March 4, 1919 – February 19, 1959
Preceded by	Charles Mann Hamilton
Succeeded by	Charles Goodell
Constituency	43rd district (1919–45) 45th district (1945–53) 43rd district (1953–59)
Personal details
Born	Daniel Alden Reed (1875-09-15)September 15, 1875 Sheridan, New York, U.S.
Died	February 19, 1959(1959-02-19) (aged 83) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Cornell University (LL.B.)

Daniel Alden Reed (September 15, 1875 – February 19, 1959) was an American college football player, coach, and U.S. Representative from the state of New York. Reed was attorney for the excise department of New York from 1903 to 1909. He served in the House of Representatives as a Republican from 1919 until his death in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 1959.

Professional career

Reed was born in Sheridan, New York on September 15, 1875. He attended the public schools of Sheridan and Silver Creek, New York, and graduated from Cornell University in 1898, where he was a member of the Delta Chi fraternity and the Quill and Dagger society. Reed studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1900, and practiced first in Silver Creek, and later in Dunkirk, New York. Reed was also a board of directors member for the Dunkirk Trust Company, and became a popular speech maker on business and civic topics.

He was an attorney for the New York State Excise Department from 1903 to 1909. During World War I he was one of the commissioners sent to France by the federal government to study the ongoing food shortage in preparation for a U.S. lecture tour on the importance of food conservation.

Coaching career

After playing football at Cornell University, Reed coached at the University of Cincinnati, Pennsylvania State University, and his alma mater. From 1899 to 1900 he coached at Cincinnati, and guided the Bearcats to an 8–6–1 record. He coached at Penn State in 1903, compiling a 5–3 record. From 1910 to 1911, he was the head coach at Cornell, where he led that team to a 12–5–1 record. His career record is 25–14–2.

Head coaching record

Congressional career

In 1918 Reed was elected to Congress as a Republican. He was reelected 20 times, and served from March 4, 1919 until his death. During his time in the U.S. House Reed was chairman of the Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions (Sixty-eighth Congress); the Committee on Education (Sixty-ninth through Seventy-first Congresses); the Committee on Ways and Means (Eighty-third Congress); and the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation (Eighty-third Congress).

Reed was a delegate to the Interparliamentary Union meeting in Rome in 1948. He later served as a delegate at meetings in Sweden, Switzerland, and France.

During his years in Congress, Reed was one of the most conservative members of the New York delegation, frequently scoring zeros from Americans for Democratic Action, and was one of the few isolationists remaining in the New York delegation after World War II.

Reed was also one of the few Republicans to consistently oppose banning the poll tax through legislative means, although he did vote in favor of anti-lynching legislation and the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

Death and legacy

Reed died from a major heart attack in Washington, D.C. on February 19, 1959. He was buried at Sheridan Cemetery in Sheridan, New York.

The library at the State University of New York at Fredonia was named for him.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)

References

1. "HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957". GovTrack.us.
2. Rep. Daniel A. Reed Dies in Washington; Dunkirk Evening Observer; Dunkirk, New York; Page 1; February 19, 1959

External links

• United States Congress. "Daniel A. Reed (id: R000113)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Daniel A. Reed at Find a Grave

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