William Augustus Reeder

William Augustus Reeder (August 28, 1849 – November 7, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Born near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Reeder moved with his parents to Ipava, Illinois, in 1853, attended the public schools, and "at the age of 14, he began teaching in the public schools, a vocation he followed until 30 years of age".

Reeder then moved to Logan, Kansas, in 1880, and engaged in banking there.

[1] serving as chairman of the committee on mileage during the (Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, and Fifty-ninth congresses), and on the committee on the irrigation of arid lands during Sixtieth and Sixty-first congresses.

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