Clyde M. Reed

Clyde Martin Reed ( born October 9, 1871 Champaign County, Illinois, † November 8, 1949 in Parsons, Kansas ) was an American politician and from 1929 to 1931 the 24th Governor of Kansas. This state he represented also in the U.S. Senate.

Early years and political rise

Clyde Reed came with his parents in 1875 to Kansas. The family settled in Labette County. He attended local schools and was trained as a teacher. After a year in the teaching profession, he began a 30 -year career in the service of railway post office. At the same time he was the publisher of the newspaper " Parsons Sun". Reed's political career began in 1919 as private secretary to Governor Henry Justin Allen. Between 1921 and 1924 he was a member of a government committee ( Public Utilities Commission ). In 1928 he was elected as a candidate of the Republican Party as the new governor of Kansas.

Governor of Kansas

Reed's two-year term began on January 14, 1929. During this time, the tax legislation was modernized. It was now possible, better to tax banks and other financial transactions. An administrative reform created including a new working and Industry Ministry ( Labor and Industry Commission). Since the New York stock market crash of October 1929 Kansas was drawn into the looming economic crisis. As in almost all states, there also came to Kansas in the sequence to unemployment and bank failures. During the tenure of Reed little could be done to remedy the crisis. This reached only after the end of his term peaked and should gradually subside until the 1930s with the help of the New Deal of the Roosevelt administration.

Further CV

After the end of his tenure, Reed devoted again to the newspaper industry. In 1939 he was elected to the U.S. Senate. There he remained until his death in 1949. Between, he had tried in 1942, again in vain for his party's nomination for the gubernatorial elections. Clyde Reed was married to Minnie E. Hart. The couple had ten children.

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