Chester I. Reed

Hon.
Chester Isham Reed
Associate Justice of the
Massachusetts Superior Court[2]
In office
1867[1]–1871[3]
Appointed byAlexander H. Bullock
Preceded byThomas Russell[4]
Succeeded byJohn William Bacon[3]
Massachusetts Attorney General
In office
1864 – April 20, 1867
GovernorJohn Albion Andrew
William Claflin
Preceded byDwight Foster
Succeeded byCharles Allen
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate[5]
North Bristol District[6]
In office
1859[1]–1859[1]
In office
1862[5]–1862[5]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
Bristol District
In office
1849[7]–1849
Personal details
BornNovember 23, 1823[2]
Taunton, Massachusetts[1]
DiedSeptember 2, 1873(1873-09-02) (aged 49)[2]
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia[2]
Political partyRepublican[5]
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Y. Allyn, m. February 24, 1851.[2]
ChildrenSybil Reed; Chester Allyn Reed[2]
Alma materTaunton High School; Bristol Academy; Brown University[2]
ProfessionAttorney[2]
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Chester Isham Reed (November 23, 1823 – September 2, 1873) was an American attorney who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature,[1] as Attorney General of Massachusetts, and as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume I, Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston History Company, p. 363
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Hurd, Duane Hamilton Hurd (1883), History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with biographical sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 1, Philadelphia, PA: J. Lewis & CO., p. 10
  3. ^ a b Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1890), History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with biographical sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Vol. I, Philadelphia, PA: J. Lewis & CO., p. xxxi
  4. ^ Coolidge, Henry D. (November 1895), A Manual for the Use of the General Court, Boston, Ma.: Massachusetts General Court, p. 256
  5. ^ a b c d Borden, Alanson (1899), Our Country and its People: a Descriptive and Biographical Record of Bristol County Massachusetts, Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, p. 668
  6. ^ Gifford, Stephen Nye (1862), A Manual for the Use of the General Court, Boston, Ma.: Massachusetts General Court, p. 197
  7. ^ Capen, Nahum (1849), The Massachusetts State Record and Year Book of General Information, Volume III, Boston, Massachusetts: James French, p. 48