Alfred E. Reames

Alfred E. Reames

Infobox_Senator
name=Alfred Evan Reames


jr/sr and state=U.S. Senator, Oregon
state= Oregon
term= 1938–1938
appointer=Charles H. Martin
preceded= Frederick Steiwer
succeeded= Alexander G. Barry
date of birth= February 5, 1870
place of birth= Jacksonville, Oregon flagicon|Oregon
date of death= death date and age|1943|03|04|1870|02|05
place of death= Medford, Oregon
spouse= Edith L. Tongue (m. 1891, d. 1895)
Lillian L. Lanning (m. 1923)
profession=attorney
religion=
party=Democrat|

Alfred Evan Reames (February 5, 1870 – March 4, 1943) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Oregon. A native Oregonian, he served as a United States Senator for nine months in 1938. A Democrat, he practiced law in Portland, Eugene, and Jacksonville.

Early life

Alfred Reames was born in Jacksonville, Oregon, as the son of Thomas G. Reames and Lucinda Williams on February 5, 1870.Corning, Howard M. "Dictionary of Oregon History". Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.] He received his primary education in the public schools of Jacksonville. For college Reames first attended University of the Pacific in California before returning to Oregon and attending the University of Oregon in Eugene. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000099 Alfred E. Reames.] Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on April 25 2008.] In 1891, he married Edith L. Tongue of Hillsboro, Oregon, the daughter of former representative Thomas H. Tongue. [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jtenlen/ORBios/ebtongue2.txt Thomas Tongue] ] Then in 1893 Alfred Reames earned his law degree from Washington and Lee University in Virginia. That same year he returned to Oregon and began law practice in Eugene after passing the bar.

Legal career

After practicing in Eugene until 1894 he moved to Portland, Oregon, to continue practicing law. In 1895 his wife Edith died, and he returned to Jacksonville where he practiced law until 1902. From 1900 to 1908 he served as the district attorney for Josephine Jackson, Klamath, and Lake counties in southwestern Oregon. In 1911 he resumed private law practice in Medford, Oregon. There Reames became a part owner of the Deep Gravel Mining Company and president of Three Pines Timber Company. Then on February 1, 1938 Oregon Governor Charles H. Martin appointed Alfred Reames to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy created when Senator Frederick Steiwer resigned from Congress. [ [http://www.bluebook.state.or.us/state/elections/elections24.htm Oregon Blue Book: Governors of Oregon] ] The Democrat served until November 8, 1938 when Alexander G. Barry was elected. Reames did not run in the fall election.

Later life

In 1923 Reames re-married and had one son with Lillian L. Lanning who was from Albany, Oregon. After Congress he returned to private practice. He was responsible for the construction of the Jacksonville power plant. On March 4, 1943 Alfred Evan Reames died in Medford and was buried at Siskiyou Memorial Park.

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