Isaac Reed (Maine)

Isaac Reed ( born August 22, 1809 in Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Massachusetts, † September 19, 1887 ) was an American politician. Between 1852 and 1853 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Isaac Reed was born 1809 in Waldoboro, which at that time was still part of Massachusetts since 1820 and is a part of Maine. He was prepared for study at the Bloomfield Academy, but preferred to work in shipbuilding. He also went into the banking business. Between 1836 and 1838 he was town clerk ( Town Clerk ) in Waldoboro.

Reed was a member of the Whig party. In the years 1839, 1840, 1850 and 1863, he sat in the Senate of Maine; 1842, 1843 and 1846 he was a deputy in each House of Representatives of the State. He was also repeatedly council in Waldoboro. Reed was also a member of the Committee on Agriculture of Maine and was curator of the state mental hospital.

In 1850 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress. After the death of Congressman Charles Andrews of the Democratic Party, he was then but in the fourth electoral district of Maine as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he joined June 25, 1852 at its new mandate to end the opened legislature of his predecessor until March 3, 1853.

In 1854 and 1855, Isaac Reed competed unsuccessfully for the office of each Governor of Maine. In 1856, he served as Finance Minister of the state. After the dissolution of his party in the 1850s, Reed has been a member of the Democratic Party. In the years 1870 and 1871 he was again a deputy in the House of Representatives from Maine. Otherwise, he was still active in shipbuilding. Isaac Reed died on September 19, 1887 in his birthplace of Waldoboro.