John Reed, Sr.
U.S. Congressperson
1751 – 1831
Who was John Reed, Sr.?
John Reed, Sr. was a Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in Framingham, Massachusetts, Reed moved with his parents to Titicut Parish, in the northwestern part of Middleboro, Massachusetts in 1756. He graduated from Yale College in 1772, studied theology, and was ordained as a Congregational minister in 1780. He served as a chaplain in the United States Navy for two years, then moved to West Bridgewater, Massachusetts in 1780, where he became pastor of the First Congregational Society, which position he retained until his death. He was elected as a Federalist to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1800. He again resumed his ministerial duties, and died in West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Interment was in the Old Graveyard.
He was the father of John Reed, Jr..
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- Born
- Nov 11, 1751
Framingham - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Yale College
- Lived in
- Massachusetts
- Died
- Feb 17, 1831
West Bridgewater
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on July 23, 2013
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