Frank R. Reid

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Frank R. Reid (April 18, 1879 - January 25, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Aurora, Illinois, Reid attended the public schools, the University of Chicago, and the Chicago College of Law. He was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in Aurora, Illinois. He served as prosecuting attorney of Kane County 1904-1908. State's attorney 1904-1908. He served as assistant United States attorney at Chicago 1908-1910. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1911 and 1912. He served as chairman of the Kane County Republican central committee 1914-1916. Secretary of the League of Illinois Municipalities in 1916 and 1917.

Reid was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-January 3, 1935). He served as chairman of the Committee on Flood Conrol (Sixty-ninth through Seventy-first Congresses). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1934. He engaged in the general practice of law at Chicago and Aurora, Illinois. He died in Aurora, Illinois, on January 25, 1945. He was interred in Spring Lake Cemetery.

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• Frank R. Reid at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress