Edwin R. Reynolds
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds
| image = Edwin R. Reynolds (New York congressman).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Portrait of Reynolds in his later years. On display at Orleans County Courthouse, Albion, New York.
| state = New York
| district = 31st
| term_start = December 5, 1860
| term_end = March 3, 1861
| predecessor = Silas M. Burroughs
| successor = Burt Van Horn
| birth_date = {{birth date|1816|2|16}}
| birth_place = Fort Ann, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1908|7|4|1816|2|16}}
| death_place = Albion, New York, U.S.
| resting_place = Mount Albion Cemetery
| party = Republican
| alma_mater = Brown University
}}
Edwin Ruthvin Reynolds (February 16, 1816 – July 4, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
Born in Fort Ann, New York, he was son of Linus J. Reynolds (1790-1838) and Alice (Baker) Reynolds.
Linus Reynolds was the editor and publisher of the Northern Spectator newspaper in Poultney (town), Vermont, and Edwin Reynolds was an apprentice printer at the Spectator at the same time as Horace Greeley.
Edwin Reynolds graduated from Brown UniversityHenry Perry Smith, [https://books.google.com/books?id=8CYVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA189 Landmarks of Orleans County, New York], 1894, page 189Philermenian Society, [https://books.google.com/books?id=6SJFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA56 Catalogue of the Library and Members of the Philermenian Society: Brown University], 1844, page 56 and taught school. He was principal of Albion Academy in Barre, Orleans County, New York for six years. He was county school superintendent from 1843 to 1845.
He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1843 and practiced in Albion. Reynolds served in local offices, including Justice of the Peace and Clerk of the Orleans County Board of Supervisors.New York State Legislature, [https://books.google.com/books?id=QEkbAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA59 Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York], Volume 7, 1870, page 59
Reynolds was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Silas M. Burroughs and served from December 5, 1860, to March 3, 1861.
During the American Civil War, Reynolds was a member of the committee which oversaw recruiting and enlistment for the Union Army in Orleans County.
Reynolds was Orleans County Judge and Surrogate Judge from 1864 to 1868, afterwards resuming the practice of law.
He was a presidential elector in 1869 and cast his ballot for Ulysses S. Grant. He supported Horace Greeley for president in 1872.University of Rochester, River Campus Libraries, Edwin Ruthvin Papers, [http://www.lib.rochester.edu/index.cfm?page=1102 Biography, Edwin Ruthvin reynolds], retrieved November 10, 2013
He died in Albion on July 4, 1908, and was interred in Mount Albion Cemetery.
References
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External links
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- {{Find a Grave|7575164}}
- [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynolds.html Edwin R. Reynolds] at [http://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html The Political Graveyard]
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| district= 31
| before= Silas M. Burroughs
| after= Burt Van Horn
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Category:Brown University alumni
Category:People from Fort Ann, New York
Category:People from Albion, Orleans County, New York
Category:New York (state) lawyers
Category:New York state court judges
Category:19th-century New York state court judges
Category:19th-century New York (state) politicians
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives