C. Frank Reavis

C. Frank Reavis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Nebraska's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1915 – June 3, 1922
Preceded byJohn A. Maguire
Succeeded byRoy H. Thorpe
Personal details
Born
Charles Frank Reavis

(1870-09-05)September 5, 1870
Falls City, Nebraska, U.S.
DiedMay 26, 1932(1932-05-26) (aged 61)
Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materNorthwestern University

Charles Frank Reavis (September 5, 1870 – May 26, 1932) was an American Republican Party politician.

He was born in Falls City, Nebraska on and studied law at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He was admitted to the bar in 1892 and set up practice in Falls City. He became the prosecuting attorney of Richardson County, Nebraska from 1894 to 1896.

In 1915 he was elected to the 64th United States Congress and reelected to the three succeeding congresses serving from March 4, 1915, to June 3, 1922. On April 5, 1917, he voted against declaring war on Germany. He resigned in 1922 and was appointed in June 1922 special assistant to the United States Attorney General in the prosecution of war fraud cases. He served until June 1, 1924. He moved to Lincoln, Nebraska in 1924 and continued the practice of law. He died there on May 26, 1932, and is buried in Steele Cemetery in Falls City.