David Aiken Reed (December 21, 1880 – February 10, 1953) was an American lawyer and Republican party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

He then obtained his college education at Princeton University, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1900.

After serving in the U.S. Senate, Reed resumed practicing law in Pittsburgh until his death on February 10, 1953, in Sarasota, Florida.

[10][11][12] His house on 2222 S Street NW in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C., designed by Carrere & Hastings and built in 1929, survives as the Embassy of Laos.

[13] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress