Milton Reed

Milton Reed
Mayor of
Fall River, Massachusetts
In office
1884–1884
Preceded byHenry K. Braley
Succeeded byJohn W. Cummings
Member of the
Massachusetts State Senate
for the Second Bristol District
In office
1881–1881
Personal details
Born(1848-10-01)October 1, 1848
Haverhill, Massachusetts
DiedSeptember 18, 1932(1932-09-18) (aged 83)
Fall River, Massachusetts
EducationHarvard University, 1868; Harvard Law School
ProfessionAttorney, journalist, newspaper publisher

Milton Reed (October 1, 1848 – September 18, 1932) was an American journalist, attorney and politician who served as Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts.

Biography

Milton Reed was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts on October 1, 1848. He graduated from Harvard University in 1868, and worked as a journalist, editing the Fall River Daily Evening News. He then studied law at Harvard Law School, and in the office of Edmund H. Bennett.

In 1881, he served as a member of the Massachusetts State Senate for the Second Bristol District. He was mayor of Fall River in 1884.

He died in Fall River on September 18, 1932.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1883). History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 1. Philadelphia, PA: J. Lewis & CO. p. 390B. Retrieved April 21, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  2. 1 2 3 Harvard College Class of 1868 Fortieth Anniversary Secretary's Report No. 8. Boston: E. O. Cockayne. 1908. pp. 118–121. Retrieved April 21, 2023 – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 "Milton Reed". Hartford Courant. Fall River, Massachusetts (published September 20, 1932). AP. September 19, 1932. p. 4. Retrieved April 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II, The Boston History Company, p. 217
  5. ↑ Mercer, Dede D. (1993), The Reed Review, Issue No. II, p. 12