Walter Reeves

For the football player, see Walter Reeves (American football).

Walter Reeves (September 25, 1848 – April 9, 1909) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1895 to 1903.

Walter Reeves
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 11th district
In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903
Preceded by	Benjamin F. Marsh
Succeeded by	Howard M. Snapp
Personal details
Born	(1848-09-25)September 25, 1848 Brownsville, Pennsylvania
Died	April 9, 1909(1909-04-09) (aged 60) Streator, Illinois
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
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Biography

Walter Reeves was born near Brownsville, Pennsylvania on September 25, 1848.^[1] He moved with his parents to Illinois in 1856, where they settled upon a farm in La Salle County.

He attended the public schools, and later taught school while studying law. He was admitted to the bar in Mount Vernon, Illinois, in 1875, and commenced practice in Streator, Illinois.^[1]

Congress

Reeves was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903). He served as chairman of the Committee on Patents (Fifty-seventh Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1902. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for governor in 1900.

Later career and death

After Congress, he resumed the practice of law.

He died at his home in Streator, Illinois on April 9, 1909, and was interred in Riverview Cemetery.^[2]