Michael Reilly

Michael K. Reilly


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 6th district
In office November 4, 1930 – January 3, 1939
Preceded by	Florian Lampert
Succeeded by	Frank Bateman Keefe
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 6th district
In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917
Preceded by	Michael E. Burke
Succeeded by	James H. Davidson

Personal details
Born	(1869-07-15)July 15, 1869 Empire, Wisconsin
Died	October 14, 1944(1944-10-14) (aged 75) Neptune, New Jersey
Political party	Democratic

Michael Kieran Reilly (July 15, 1869 – October 14, 1944), was a U.S. representative from Wisconsin.

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.

In 1912, Reilly was elected a member of the Democratic Party to the Sixty-third United States Congress as the representative of Wisconsin's 6th congressional district. He was reelected to the Sixty-fourth Congress but lost his re-election bid to Republican James H. Davidson to the Sixty-fifth Congress. To fill the vacancy caused by the death of Florian Lampert, Reilly was once again elected to the Seventy-first Congress. Once again representing Wisconsin's sixth district. He served another four terms until he lost a re-election bid to Republican, Frank Bateman Keefe, in 1938. Reilly died in Neptune, New Jersey, on October 14, 1944 and is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Michael E. Burke	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 6th congressional district March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1917	Succeeded by James H. Davidson
Preceded by Florian Lampert	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 6th congressional district November 4, 1930 - January 3, 1939	Succeeded by Frank Bateman Keefe

Wisconsin's delegation(s) to the 63rd–64th & 72nd–75th United States Congresses (ordered by seniority)
63rd	Senate: R. La Follette Sr.• I. Stephenson	House: H. Cooper • J. Esch • J. Nelson • W. Cary • I. Lenroot • M. Burke • T. Konop • W. Stafford • M. Reilly • E. Browne • J. Frear
64th	Senate: R. La Follette Sr.• P. Husting	House: H. Cooper • J. Esch • J. Nelson • W. Cary • I. Lenroot • M. Burke • T. Konop • W. Stafford • M. Reilly • E. Browne • J. Frear
72nd	Senate: R. La Follette Jr. • J. Blaine	House: J. Frear • J. Nelson • J. Schafer • G. Schneider • H. Peavey • C. Kading • W. Stafford • M. Reilly • G. Withrow • G. Boileau • T. Amile
73rd	Senate: R. La Follette Jr. • R. Duffy	House: J. Frear • H. Peavey • M. Reilly • G. Withrow • G. Boileau • G. Blanchard • C. Henney • R. Cannon • T. O'Malley • J. Hughes
74th	Senate: R. La Follette Jr. • R. Duffy	House: M. Reilly • G. Withrow • G. Boileau • R. Cannon • T. O'Malley • T. Amlie • H. Sauthoff • G. Schneider • M. Hull • B. Gehrmann
75th	Senate: R. La Follette Jr. • R. Duffy	House: M. Reilly • G. Withrow • G. Boileau • R. Cannon • T. O'Malley • T. Amlie • H. Sauthoff • G. Schneider • M. Hull • B. Gehrmann

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