Mel Reynolds

Mel Reynolds
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 2nd district
In office
January 3, 1993 – October 1, 1995
Preceded byGus Savage
Succeeded byJesse Jackson Jr.
Personal details
Born
Melvin Reynolds

(1952-01-08) January 8, 1952 (age 72)
Mound Bayou, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationCity Colleges of Chicago
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA)
Lincoln College, Oxford (LLB)
Harvard University (MPA)

Melvin Reynolds (born January 8, 1952) is an American politician from Illinois. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995. He resigned in October 1995 after a jury convicted him of sexual assault charges related to sex with an underage campaign worker.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Congressman Convicted of Sexual Assault". New York Times. 1995-08-23.
  2. ^ Rudin, Ken (2007-06-06). "The Equal-Opportunity Culture of Corruption". NPR.org. Retrieved 2007-07-29.