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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Clarke Reed</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Clarke_Thomas_Reed_1948.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Clarke_Thomas_Reed_1948.jpg/220px-Clarke_Thomas_Reed_1948.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Clarke_Thomas_Reed_1948.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="302" data-file-height="315" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Reed in 1948</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Republican_Party" title="Mississippi Republican Party">Mississippi Republican Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1966–1976</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Wirt Yerger</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Pickering" title="Charles W. Pickering">Charles W. Pickering</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Clarke Thomas Reed Sr.</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1928-08-04</span>)</span>August 4, 1928<br /><a href="/wiki/Alliance,_Ohio" title="Alliance, Ohio">Alliance, Ohio</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 8, 2024<span style="display:none">(2024-12-08)</span> (aged 96)<br /><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_Mississippi" title="Greenville, Mississippi">Greenville, Mississippi</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Julia Brooks</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1957)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3; including <a href="/wiki/Julia_Evans_Reed" title="Julia Evans Reed">Julia Evans</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Missouri" title="University of Missouri">University of Missouri</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Businessman, politician</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Clarke Thomas Reed Sr.</b> (August<span class="nowrap"> </span>4, 1928 – December<span class="nowrap"> </span>8, 2024) was an American businessman and politician. He served as Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Republican_Party" title="Mississippi Republican Party">Mississippi Republican Party</a> from 1966 to 1976. Prior to his political career, Reed was an agricultural businessman and a graduate in economics. </p><p>Reed was widely credited for strengthening the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>'s influence and eventual <a href="/wiki/Southern_strategy" title="Southern strategy">dominance</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also noted for his support of President <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> during the <a href="/wiki/1976_Republican_National_Convention" title="1976 Republican National Convention">1976 Republican National Convention</a>, which played a role in the defeat of then-Governor <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>'s candidacy for the <a href="/wiki/1976_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1976 Republican Party presidential primaries">Republican nomination</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clarke_Reed&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clarke Thomas Reed was born in <a href="/wiki/Alliance,_Ohio" title="Alliance, Ohio">Alliance, Ohio</a>, on August 4, 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was raised in <a href="/wiki/Caruthersville,_Missouri" title="Caruthersville, Missouri">Caruthersville, Missouri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated with a degree in economics from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Missouri" title="University of Missouri">University of Missouri</a> in 1950, and then spent two years in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His study of economics was primarily influenced by conservative thinkers such as <a href="/wiki/Adam_Smith" title="Adam Smith">Adam Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Burke" title="Edmund Burke">Edmund Burke</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_F._Buckley_Jr." title="William F. Buckley Jr.">William F. Buckley Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Milton_Friedman" title="Milton Friedman">Milton Friedman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After college, Reed founded a company that provided agricultural equipment to local farmers.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He would eventually specialize in devices that kept birds away from farms and airfields.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reed was raised in a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> household, but he cast his first presidential vote, in 1952, for <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chair_of_the_Mississippi_Republican_Party">Chair of the Mississippi Republican Party</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clarke_Reed&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Chair of the Mississippi Republican Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Reed became the state party chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Republican_Party" title="Mississippi Republican Party">Mississippi Republican Party</a> in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later became the head of the Southern Republican Chairmen's Association, making him a vocal figure in the party's progress across the region.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reed was identified with the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Strategy" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Strategy">Southern Strategy</a>, which saw the <a href="/wiki/Solid_South" title="Solid South">Solid South</a> shift politically from Democratic to Republican.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was credited for unifying the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern United States</a> to vote for <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> in <a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election" title="1968 United States presidential election">1968</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, during his presidency Nixon would consult with Reed concerning matters of importance to the South.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As state chairman, he focused on local elections.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1969, Mississippi Republicans won nine mayoral races. In <a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections#Mississippi" title="1972 United States House of Representatives elections">1972</a>, two of the party's congressional candidates, the future senators <a href="/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran">Thad Cochran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trent_Lott" title="Trent Lott">Trent Lott</a>, became the first Mississippi Republicans elected to Congress since <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era" title="Reconstruction era">Reconstruction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> in 1976, Reed said that he wanted the national <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> to be fiscally and socially conservative. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1976_Republican_National_Convention">1976 Republican National Convention</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clarke_Reed&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1976 Republican National Convention"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1976_Republican_National_Convention" title="1976 Republican National Convention">1976 Republican National Convention</a></div> <p>Reed was instrumental in the nomination of U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1976_Republican_National_Convention" title="1976 Republican National Convention">1976 Republican National Convention</a>, held in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then–Chief of Staff <a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a> said that Reed was dissatisfied with then-former Governor <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> and his running mate pick, U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Richard_Schweiker" title="Richard Schweiker">Richard Schweiker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schweiker was a liberal Republican from a state whose delegation could be crucial at the convention.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reed threw his support behind Ford and, in doing so, stopped Reagan's momentum at the convention, permitting Ford to win the nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His decision to endorse Ford over Reagan drew criticism from hardliners within his party.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the convention, he stepped down as party chair.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afterwards, Reed and Reagan made amends, with Reed expressing regrets over going against Reagan.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_career">Later career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clarke_Reed&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Clarke_Reed_2010_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Clarke_Reed_2010_cropped.jpg/170px-Clarke_Reed_2010_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Clarke_Reed_2010_cropped.jpg/255px-Clarke_Reed_2010_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Clarke_Reed_2010_cropped.jpg/340px-Clarke_Reed_2010_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="381" data-file-height="558" /></a><figcaption>Reed in 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>In his later years, Reed caucused for several Republican politicians.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was noted for hosting political events and fundraisers for local and state politicians at the Doe's Eat Place in <a href="/wiki/Greenville,_Mississippi" title="Greenville, Mississippi">Greenville, Mississippi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reed was critical of the Republican Party during the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 presidential election</a> and of eventual President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, he endorsed his first Democratic political candidate, Tom Blanton, for <a href="/wiki/2015_Mississippi_elections#Public_Service_Commission" title="2015 Mississippi elections">Southern District</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Public_Service_Commission" title="Mississippi Public Service Commission">Public Service Commission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dem_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dem-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Karl_Rove" title="Karl Rove">Karl Rove</a>, former advisor to President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, noted that "President, senators, congressmen, and governors depended on [Reed] for counsel and leadership" while also calling him a "political pioneer".<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was often called a "patriarch" of the Republican Party.<sup id="cite_ref-dem_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dem-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clarke_Reed&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1957, Reed married Julia Brooks.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had three children: Clarke Jr., Reynolds, and writer <a href="/wiki/Julia_Evans_Reed" title="Julia Evans Reed">Julia Evans Reed</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two of his children predeceased him: Reynolds in 2019 and Julia Evans in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-o251_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-o251-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2010, Reed was involved in a vehicular crash, which resulted in the death of another man in Greenville.<sup id="cite_ref-crash_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crash-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reed himself was injured and hospitalized in <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi" title="Jackson, Mississippi">Jackson, Mississippi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-crash_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crash-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reed died at his home in Greenville on December<span class="nowrap"> </span>8, 2024, from complications of <a href="/wiki/Pneumonia" title="Pneumonia">pneumonia</a>, at the age of 96.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_1-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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