Thomas Buck Reed

Thomas Buck Reed ( * May 7, 1787 in Lexington, Kentucky, † November 26, 1829 in Lexington, Kentucky ) was an American politician ( Democratic- Republican), who represented the state of Mississippi in the U.S. Senate.

A native of Kentucky Thomas Reed visited in his home state schools and then continued his education at the College of New Jersey continued, later Princeton University. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and began practicing in 1808 in his hometown of Lexington. The following year he moved to Natchez in the Mississippi Territory, where he was hired in 1811 as a municipal official ( Clerk ). In 1813 he ran for election to the delegates of the territory in the U.S. House of Representatives, but did not succeed in this. After the founding of the State of Mississippi, he served from 1821 to 1826 as the Attorney General.

1825 Reed was elected to the House of Representatives from Mississippi, but the mandate did not notice. The following year, he decided the election to the first seat in the Mississippi Senate itself, which had been taken after the resignation of David Holmes provisionally by Powhatan Ellis. He remained on 28 January 1826 to 3 March 1827 Congress, but missed the direct re-election. The following year he applied for the second seat of his government and won the election to succeed the no longer candidates Thomas Hill Williams. He returned on March 4, 1829 back to the Senate, but died in November of the same year.

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