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Name: Thomas Brackett Reed
Birth Date: October 18, 1839
Death Date: December 7, 1902
Place of Birth: Portland, Maine, United States
Place of Death: Washington, DC, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: legislator, congressman

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Biography of Thomas Brackett Reed
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As Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Thomas Brackett Reed (1839-1902) was called "Czar Reed." He was one of America's greatest parliamentarians. Thomas B. Reed was born on Oct. 18, 1839, in Portland, Maine, an origin stamped in the nasal...


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They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge. One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation. One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope...


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Thomas Brackett Reed Information
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Thomas Brackett Reed, (October 18, 1839 – December 7, 1902), occasionally ridiculed as Czar Reed, was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and Speaker of the House from 1889–1891 and from 1895–1899. He was a powerful leader of the...


News and Journals
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Polity
Reed's rules and the partisan theory of legislative organization. (legislator Thomas Brakett Reed)
03/22/1997: 8,151 words, approx. 27 pages
The 104th Congress, spearheaded by the Republican majority, is intent on instituting reforms in the legislative organization in a way that is reminiscent of the efforts of Speaker Thomas Brakett Reed in 1890 to change House rules. This kind of reform is partisan in...
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Sarasota Magazine
Augusta Reed Thomas: the WUSF interview.(WUSF HAPPENINGS)(Interview)
05/01/2008: 487 words, approx. 2 pages
Although far from being a household name, Augusta Reed Thomas is one of America's most highly regarded contemporary classical composers. In 2007, her "Astral Canticle" for solo flute, violin, and orchestra was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished musical composition by...
 


 

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