C. Frank Reavis

{{Short description|American politician (1870–1932)}}

{{redirect|Charles Reavis|the North Carolina politician|Charles G. Reavis}}

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|name = C. Frank Reavis

|image = CFrankReavis.jpg

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|state = Nebraska

|district = {{ushr|Nebraska|1|1st}}

|term_start = March 4, 1915

|term_end = June 3, 1922

|predecessor = John A. Maguire

|successor = Roy H. Thorpe

|birth_name = Charles Frank Reavis

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1870|9|5}}

|birth_place = Falls City, Nebraska, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1932|5|26|1870|9|5}}

|death_place = Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.

|party = Republican

|alma_mater = Northwestern University

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Charles Frank Reavis (September 5, 1870 – May 26, 1932) was an American Republican Party politician.

He was born in Falls City, Nebraska on and studied law at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He was admitted to the bar in 1892 and set up practice in Falls City. He became the prosecuting attorney of Richardson County, Nebraska from 1894 to 1896.

In 1915 he was elected to the 64th United States Congress and reelected to the three succeeding congresses serving from March 4, 1915, to June 3, 1922. On April 5, 1917, he voted against declaring war on Germany. He resigned in 1922 and was appointed in June 1922 special assistant to the United States Attorney General in the prosecution of war fraud cases. He served until June 1, 1924. He moved to Lincoln, Nebraska in 1924 and continued the practice of law. He died there on May 26, 1932, and is buried in Steele Cemetery in Falls City.

References

  • {{cite web |website=The Political Graveyard |title=Reavis, Charles Frank |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reade-rector.html#R9M0JAH84 |accessdate=February 24, 2006 }}
  • {{cite web |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |title=Reavis, Charles Frank |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000101 |accessdate=February 24, 2006 }}
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years=March 4, 1915 – June 3, 1922|

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Category:1870 births

Category:1939 deaths

Category:People from Falls City, Nebraska

Category:Politicians from Lincoln, Nebraska

Category:District attorneys in Nebraska

Category:Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska

Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives

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