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Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/newkensington.html">Mayor of New Kensington, Pa.</a>, 1937. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="959.74.33">Reeser, Wade M.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AR-lived.html">Armstrong County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Armstrong County, 1960. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> <a name="REESMAN"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>REESMAN</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/r.html#R255">Soundex R255</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnoldus-arzeno.html#AROSEMENA">AROSEMENA</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html#CHEESMAN">CHEESMAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/esaias-esters.html#ESMAN">ESMAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manners-manning.html#MANNERS">MANNERS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mannix-mansell.html#MANSER">MANSER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meagher-meek.html#MEARNS">MEARNS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reeder-rees.html#REES">REES</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reily-remsen.html#REISMAN">REISMAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#RIESMAN">RIESMAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/risden-ritchey.html#RISEMAN">RISEMAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rosebury-rosenbaum.html#ROSEMAN">ROSEMAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rosenzweig-rosoff.html#ROSMAN">ROSMAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rossdale-rotan.html#ROSSMAN">ROSSMAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russen-ruther.html#RUSSOMANNO">RUSSOMANNO</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schmitt-schneid.html#SCHNEESMAN">SCHNEESMAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sena-serphin.html#SENRAM">SENRAM</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sena-serphin.html#SERMAN">SERMAN</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="308.43.50">Reesman, Joseph</a></b> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 9th District, 1956. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> <a name="REESOR"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>REESOR</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/r.html#R260">Soundex R260</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beeson.html#BEESON">BEESON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berryhill-betz.html#BESORE">BESORE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#CONFESOR">CONFESOR</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#FLEESON">FLEESON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/glassbrook-glenmore.html#GLEESON">GLEESON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenip-greff.html#GREESON">GREESON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jonez-joplin.html#JONESORJONZ">JONESORJONZ</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#LEESON">LEESON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/orrice-orvyl.html#ORSER">ORSER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reeder-rees.html#REES">REES</a>, <a href="#REESER">REESER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/resa-reynold.html#RESOR">RESOR</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/resa-reynold.html#RESSOR">RESSOR</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rives-rizzo.html#RIZOR">RIZOR</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rosenzweig-rosoff.html#ROSER">ROSER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rossdale-rotan.html#ROSSER">ROSSER</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="969.60.35">Reesor, James E.</a></b> — of Tennessee. Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 1974. Still living as of 1974. </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> <a name="REETHS"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>REETHS</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/r.html#R320">Soundex R320</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freemont-fremming.html#FREETH">FREETH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#HERST">HERST</a>, <a href="#REETZ">REETZ</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reily-remsen.html#REITZ">REITZ</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reily-remsen.html#REITZE">REITZE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynoldson-rhoads.html#RHETTS">RHETTS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rigin-riles.html#RIGHTS">RIGHTS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/riter-rivero.html#RITZ">RITZ</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steelman-steil.html#STEHR">STEHR</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wrightson-wyant.html#WRITZ">WRITZ</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="862.70.97">Reeths, A. J.</a></b> — of Marshfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, Wis. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/marshfield.html">Mayor of Marshfield, Wis.</a>, 1946-52. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> <a name="REETZ"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>REETZ</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/r.html#R320">Soundex R320</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="#REETHS">REETHS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reily-remsen.html#REITZ">REITZ</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reily-remsen.html#REITZE">REITZE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynoldson-rhoads.html#RHETTS">RHETTS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rigin-riles.html#RIGHTS">RIGHTS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/riter-rivero.html#RITZ">RITZ</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/streeter-stricker.html#STREETZ">STREETZ</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wrightson-wyant.html#WRITZ">WRITZ</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="285.28.24">Reetz, L. F.</a></b> — of Belmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-lived.html">San Mateo County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/belmont.html">Mayor of Belmont, Calif.</a>, 1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> <a name="REEVE"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>REEVE</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/r.html#R100">Soundex R100</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/craytoff-crego.html#CREEVEY">CREEVEY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenip-greff.html#GREEVER">GREEVER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenip-greff.html#GREEVY">GREEVY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcgrail-mcgreal.html#MCGREEVEY">MCGREEVEY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcgrail-mcgreal.html#MCGREEVY">MCGREEVY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raub-rawson.html#RAVE">RAVE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reeves.html#REEVES">REEVES</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rothacker-rowden.html#ROVE">ROVE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#SHREEVE">SHREEVE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/venables-vermillion.html#VERE">VERE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/verna-vigorito.html#VERREE">VERREE</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>REEVE:</b> <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbott.html#407.86.49">George Birch Abbott</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#204.67.54">Ella Reeve Bloor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown2.html#425.15.30">Charles Francis Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixson-doctrine.html#049.07.43">Isidore Bernard Dockweiler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixson-doctrine.html#695.52.24">John Francis Dockweiler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/havens.html#270.55.01">John Lewis Havens</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoagland-hobbie.html#750.78.58">Selah Reeve Hobbie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newton.html#505.84.35">Reeve D. Newton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillipson-picket.html#424.16.34">Thomas Reeve Pickering</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schlacter-schmies.html#994.35.29">Reeve Schley</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="355.20.24">Reeve, Arthur J.</a></b> — of Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Burlington, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="298.28.96">Reeve, B. W.</a></b> — of Iron Mountain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/DI-lived.html">Dickinson County</a>, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/MI.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="776.92.70">Reeve, Barnabus F.</a></b> — Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 1st District, 1876. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="895.08.52">Reeve, C. H.</a></b> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/IN.html">1868</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="116.76.10">Reeve, Carl</a></b> — of Pennsylvania. Communist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="378.36.51">Reeve, Christopher D'Olier</a> (1952-2004)</b> — also known as <b>Christopher Reeve</b> — Born in New York City (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-born.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/09-25.html">September 25, 1952</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/entertainment.html">Actor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">paralyzed</a> in a horseback-riding accident in 1995; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1996. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart failure</a> while being treated for an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">infection</a>, in Northern Westchester <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Mt. Kisco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-died.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/10-10.html">October 10, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 15 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes scattered. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Franklin D'Olier Reeve and Barbara Pitney (Lamb) Reeve; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/04-11.html">April 11, 1992</a>, to Dana Morosini; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#966.11.07">Mahlon Pitney</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/17221.html">Pitney family</a> of New Jersey.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher Reeve">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/761/000022695">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001659">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9580089">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="322.72.67">Reeve, Emmor</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Salem County, 1861-63. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="063.97.99">Reeve, George B.</a></b> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 8th District, 1862-63. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="875.80.52">Reeve, George B.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, N.Y. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Suffolk County 1st District, 1933. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="948.73.35">Reeve, J.</a></b> — of New York. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/NY.html">1868</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="088.95.42">Reeve, John A.</a> (1859-1935)</b> — of Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/07-25.html">July 25, 1859</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Burlington, 1887, 1929-30; probate judge in Connecticut, 1890. Died, in his <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a>, in Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/01-15.html">January 15, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 174 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html# ">Center Cemetery</a>, Burlington, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Annie Laura Lovett.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="368.72.75">Reeve, John H.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Orange County 2nd District, 1868, 1876. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="883.19.34">Reeve, John J.</a></b> — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-lived.html">Morgan County</a>, Ill. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/jacksonville.html#2">Jacksonville, Ill.</a>, 1906-14. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="199.58.83">Reeve, Joshua</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Suffolk County, 1797-98. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="163.52.54">Reeve, Josiah</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Suffolk County, 1802-03. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="959.13.32">Reeve, Karl</a></b> — of Minnesota. Communist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1930. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="843.37.17">Reeve, Ralph W.</a></b> — of Lynn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/MA.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="345.43.75">Reeve, Rebecca G.</a></b> — of Minnesota. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 5th District, 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="138.34.08">Reeve, Stanley J.</a></b> — of Bremerton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/Ketchikan-lived.html">Kitsap County</a>, Wash. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/WA.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="869.86.24">Reeve, Tapping</a> (1744-1823)</b> — Born in Brookhaven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1744/10-01.html">October 1, 1744</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stcn.html">Connecticut council of assistants</a>, 1792; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1798-1815. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/univfound.html">Founder</a> of the Litchfield Law School, the first law school in the U.S. Died in Litchfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-died.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/12-13.html">December 13, 1823</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 73 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-buried.html#cms00387">East Cemetery</a>, Litchfield, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Abner Reeve and Deborah (Topping) Reeve; married to Sarah Burr (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burr.html#748.36.81">Aaron Burr</a>) and Elizabeth Thompson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0065.html">Tallmadge-Floyd family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0094.html">Burr-Alston-Wilson-Ballard family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0364.html">Edwards-Davenport-Thompson-Hooker family</a> of Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0560.html">Cornell-Schilplin-Washburn-Burr family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1063.html">Berrien-Burr-Bartow-Biddle family</a> of Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0134.html">Hamlin-Bemis family</a> of Bangor, Maine (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/29548706">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="478.68.31">Reeve, William W.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Orange County 2nd District, 1856. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="526.76.22">Reeve, Willis A.</a> (b. 1860)</b> — of Patchogue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Aquebogue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/02-04.html">February 4, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; explorer in Labrador and the Arctic; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Suffolk County 1st District, 1902-05. 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