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Nicknamed "Czar" Reed for his control over the U.S. House of Representatives while Speaker of the House from 1889-91, 1895-99, Thomas Brackett Reed of Portland got his start in politics as a member of Maine House of Representatives in 1868.
He then served in the Maine Senate, as Maine attorney general and, from 1877-1899, as a U.S. Representative from Maine's First District.
About This Item
- Title: Thomas Brackett Reed, Portland, ca. 1895
- Creator: Lamson Studio, Portland
- Creation Date: circa 1895
- Subject Date: circa 1895
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Coll. 4033, Box 15
- Collection: Cabinet card photographs
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Legislators--Maine
- Legislators--United States
- Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett), 1839-1902
- United States. Congress. House--Speakers
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