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Menasha became a city, Reed was frequently a member of the city council and won two terms as mayor of Menasha, in 1890 and 1891. He also served as postmaster at Menasha during the presidential terms of
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491:. As a child, he moved with his family to a farm in Vermont, where he received much of his education. At age 16, he went to work clerking at a store in Vermont, and then at a similar job in
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406:Chloe Merrick Reed
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225:Adam E. Ray
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