Edward C. Reed

Edward Cambridge Reed ( born March 8, 1793 in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, † May 1, 1883 in Ithaca, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1831 and 1833 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Edward Cambridge Reed was born about a decade after the end of the Revolutionary War in Cheshire County. He attended community schools. In 1812 he graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover. During the British - American War he served under Governor William L. Marcy. He studied law. After receiving his license to practice law in 1816, he began practicing in Homer. Between 1822 and 1870 he was Secretary to the Board of Trustees of Cortland Academy in Homer. During this time he became district attorney in 1827 in Cortland County - a post he held until 1836. In 1830 he was admitted to the Court of Chancery. Politically, he was a member of the Jacksonian Group.

In the congressional elections of 1830 for the 22nd Congress Reed was in the 22nd electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas Beekman on March 4, 1831. He retired after the March 3, 1833 out of the Congress.

After his conference time he worked as a lawyer again. In 1836 he was an Associate Judge at the Court of Common Pleas in Cortland County - a post he held until 1840. He was back in 1856 working as a district attorney. In 1875 he moved to Ithaca. There he continued to work as a lawyer. He died on 1 May 1883, was then buried in the Glenwood Cemetery in Homer.