He attended Glens Falls Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1890.

[3] In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Reynolds an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.

[4] In September 1909, Reynolds was appointed by President William Howard Taft.

[5] He resigned from the Treasury effective November 1, 1909, to focus on the Tariff Commission.

[8] On December 28, 1912, Reynolds was married to Irene (née Holcombe) Hearin (1867–1943) in Mobile, Alabama.