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Thomas B. Reed was born on October 18, 1839, in Portland, Maine, an origin stamped in the nasal drawl in which he delivered the corrosive witticisms for which he became famous.
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Excerpt from Reed on the Tariff: Speech of Hon. Thomas B. Reed, of Maine, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, February 1, 1894 Mr. Speaker, in this debate, which has extended over many weeks, one te markable result has already been reached, a result of the deepest importance to this country. That result is that the bill before us is odious to both sides of the House. It meets with favor nowhere, and commands the respect of neither party; On this side we believe that while it pretends to be for protection it does not afford it, and on the other side they believe that while it looks toward free trade it does not accomplish it. Those who will vote against this bill will do so because it opens our mar kets to the destructive competition of foreigners, and those who vote for it do it with the reservation that they will instantly devote themselves to a new crusade against whatever barriers are left. W'hatever speeches have been made in defense of the bill on the other side. Whether by gentlemen who are responsible only to their own constituencies or by the gentleman from West Virginia, who ought to have been steadied by his sense of responsibility to the whole country, have one and all, with. But rare exceptions, placed their authors uncompromisingly, except for temporary pur poses, ou the side of unrestricted free trade. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Thomas B. Reed was born on October 18, 1839, in Portland, Maine, an origin stamped in the nasal drawl in which he delivered the corrosive witticisms for which he became famous.
Graduating from Bowdoin College in 1860, he studied law, traveled to California, and taught school briefly.
In 1865 he joined the Maine bar and entered politics, becoming state legislator (1867 - 1868), state senator (1869 - 1870), and attorney general (1870 - 1873). Elected congressional representative in 1876, he served in the House until 1899. Congressman Reed's first important assignment was to the "Potter Committee, " appointed in 1878 to investigate alleged fraud in the Hayes-Tilden presidential election of 1876.
During the 1886 Reed emerged as a leading party regular. As Speaker of the House (1889-1891, 1895 - 1899), he struggled to revise House rules, especially those that allowed the Democratic majority to avoid action through filibustering or absenteeism.
Although later congresses lessened his power, he helped establish the principle of party responsibility.
Supporting the tariff, hard money, and internal improvements for national purposes, he believed business stability essential to progress. In advance of his time, he opposed capital punishment and advocated woman's suffrage. In his later years neither party nor country entirely pleased Reed.
He resigned from the House in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War and then practiced law in New York.
He died on December 7, 1902, in Washington.
Considered an archconservative by those who opposed his economic views, Reed displayed a genuine humanity and broad learning in his speeches and articles.
As a master of the parliamentary skills that make representative government effective, he has rarely been equaled.
Reed won election as Speaker of the House in 1889, narrowly defeating fellow Republican Representative William McKinley in the election. He served as Speaker until 1891, when Democrats took control of the House. He regained the position of Speaker in 1895 when Republicans took control of the House. He increased the Speaker's power by instituting the "Reed Rules, " which limited the ability of the minority party to prevent the establishment of a quorum. Reed helped pass the Lodge Bill, which sought to protect African American voting rights in the Southern United States, but the bill failed to pass in the Senate and never became law. He opposed the Spanish–American War and resigned from Congress in 1899.
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Representing the Republican minority, Reed demonstrated that his party was not alone in fraud and even managed to implicate the nephew of Democratic candidate Samuel J. Tilden.
Reed was fiercely partisan. Democrats, he said, never spoke without diminishing the sum of human knowledge.
Quotations:
"The convention could do worse, " he said of his presidential ambitions in 1896, "and probably will. "
"A statesman, " he noted in his most quoted epigram, "is a successful politician who is dead. "
His physical appearance, a towering height of 6 feet 3 inches and a weight of almost 300 pounds, contributed to his impressiveness.
He married Susan P. Merrill, born at Center Harbor, on Lake Winnepesaukee, New Hampshire.
