Michael Reilly

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Michael Kieran Reilly (1869–1944), was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1913-1917 and again from 1930-1939, serving Wisconsin's 6th District. He initially served two terms before losing a re-election bid to Republican James H. Davidson, and then returned to Congress following the death of Florian Lampert. He served another four terms until he lost a re-election bid to Republican, Frank Bateman Keefe, in 1916. Reilly was born in the town of Empire, Wisconsin in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin on July 15, 1869. He graduated from what is today, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in 1889 and earned his law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1894. He served as Fond du Lac County district attorney for two years (1899-1900) and city attorney of Fond du Lac from 1905-1910. Between stints in the United States Congress, he continued to practice law in Wisconsin. Reilly died in Neptune, New Jersey, on October 14, 1944 and is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Woodlawn, New York.

[edit] External links

• Michael Reilly at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Michael Reilly at Find A Grave

Preceded by Michael Edmund Burke	United States Representative for the 6th Congressional District of Wisconsin 1913-1917	Succeeded by James H. Davidson
Preceded by Florian Lampert	United States Representative for the 6th Congressional District of Wisconsin 1930-1939	Succeeded by Frank Bateman Keefe