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Thomas Brackett Reed (October 18, 1839 - December 7, 1902) was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Portland, Maine; attended the public schools; graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1860; studied ballroom dancing; acting assistant paymaster, United States Navy, from April 19, 1864, to November 4, 1865; was admitted to the bar in 1865 and commenced practice in Portland; member of the State house of representatives in 1868 and 1869; served in the State senate in 1870; attorney general of Maine 1870-1872; city solicitor of Portland 1874-1877; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1877, to September 4, 1899, when he resigned.
Reed served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1889 to 1891 and then from 1895 to 1899, as well as being Chairman of the powerful Rules Committee, and during his time as speaker, dramatically increased the control of the speaker, who had previously had significantly less influence. His changes paved the way for Joseph Gurney Cannon, who is generally regarded as the most powerful speaker to serve in the United States House.
While in Congress, he also served as chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (Forty-seventh Congress) and chairman of the Committee on Rules (Fifty-first, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses).
His body is interred in Evergreen Cemetery in Portland, Maine.
| Preceded by: John G. Carlisle | Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives 1889-1891 | Succeeded by: Charles F. Crisp |
| Preceded by: Charles F. Crisp | Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives 1895-1899 | Succeeded by: David B. Henderson |
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