Frank R. Reid

For other people named Frank Reid, see Frank Reid (disambiguation).

Gen. "Billy" Mitchell's court-martial, 1925. Frank R. Reid is seated to Mitchell's right.

Frank R. Reid (April 18, 1879 – January 25, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was christened without a middle name and chose the letter "R" for an initial.^[1]

Born in Aurora, Illinois, Reid was one of eleven children of an Irish grocery store owner. 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 Control (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.

While serving on the House Aircraft Committee, he met Gen. Billy Mitchell, who was testifying before the committee. On October 3, 1925, he was requested by Mitchell to act as defense counsel during Mitchell's court-martial in Washington, D.C. for "conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline," and represented him pro bono. In the dramatic film of the trial, The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell, Reid was portrayed by Ralph Bellamy.

References

↑ Waller, Douglas C. (2004). A Question of Loyalty: Gen. Billy Mitchell and the Court-Martial That Gripped the Nation, Harper Collins. ISBN 0-06-050547-8, p. 38.

United States Congress. "Frank R. Reid (id: R000145)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Ira Clifton Copley	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 11th congressional district 1923–1935	Succeeded by Chauncey Reed

Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Public Buildings and Grounds (1837–1947)	Towns Petrikin Boardman Pratt Ficklin Faran Houston Bowdon Stanton Craige Ball Keitt Train Rice Covode Hopkins Beatty Halsey Platt Holman Cook Shallenberger Stockslager Dibble Milliken Bankhead Milliken Mercer Gillet Bartholdt Sheppard Clark Langley Elliott Lanham

Rivers and Harbors (1883–1947)	Willis Blanchard Henderson Blanchard Catchings Hooker Cooper Burton Alexander Sparkman Small Kennedy Dempsey Mansfield

Roads (1913–1947)	Shackleford Dunn Dowell Almon Cartwright Robinson

Flood Control (1916–1947)	Humphreys Rodenberg Schall Reid Wilson Whittington

Transportation and Infrastructure* (1947–)	Dondero Whittington Buckley Dondero Buckley Fallon Blatnik Jones Johnson Howard Anderson Roe Mineta E. Shuster Young Oberstar Mica W. Shuster

Notes	^Alternately named Public Works* and Public Works and Transportation.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 19484587 US Congress: R000145

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