He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1876 to 1890 including as president pro tempore in 1883.

He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1876 through 1892 and served as president pro tempore during the session of 1883.

[4] Elected to Congress as a Republican to fill the vacancy left by the death of William D. Kelley, Reyburn was reelected three times and served from February 18, 1890, to March 3, 1897, until he was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896.

[3] As mayor, he led the Philadelphia Republican political machine and his tenure was marred with several instances of corruption.

[1] Reyburn died on January 4, 1914, in his Washington, D.C. residence and was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.