Eric Miller Reeves
{{short description|American politician from North Carolina}}
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{{BLP sources|date=March 2011}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name=Eric Miller Reeves
|image= Senator Eric Miller Reeves.gif
|office= Member of the North Carolina Senate
|term_start= January 1, 1997
|term_end= January 1, 2005
|predecessor= Henry McKoy
J. K. Sherron
|successor=Janet Cowell
|constituency= 14th District (1997–2003)
16th District (2003–2005)
|birth_name=Eric Miller Reeves
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1963|10|18}}
|birth_place=Fort Sill, Oklahoma, U.S.
|party=Democratic
|spouse=Mary
|alma_mater=Duke University (BA)
Wake Forest University (JD)
|residence=Raleigh, North Carolina
}}
Eric Miller Reeves (born October 18, 1963) is an attorney and a North Carolina state Senator.{{cite book|last=Governments|first=Council of State|title=Directory II Legislative Leaders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y8OHAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=31 March 2011|date=June 1999|publisher=Council of State Government|isbn=9780872928534|page=307}}
Early life and education
Reeves graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas in 1982 where he was a member of the wrestling team and won the Texas State Championship.
Reeves received a bachelor's degree in history from Duke University in 1986 and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Wake Forest University in 1989.
Career
Reeves practiced law in Raleigh and was elected to Raleigh City Council in 1993, serving two terms.
He was elected to the North Carolina State Senate in 1996 as a Democrat, representing the state's fourteenth – later sixteenth – district. He went on to chair the Senate's technology committee, served as chair of Human Services Appropriations and on the Education Oversight Committee.
Reeves also served as co-chair of the Senate Information Technology Committee. He resigned from his chair in 2004 after serving four terms as a state Senator.
Reeves is the General Counsel and Director of Public Affairs for SchoolDude.com, a provider of software management tools for Educational Facilities.
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J. K. Sherron}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 14th district|years=1997–2003|alongside=Brad Miller}}
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{{s-bef|before=Eleanor Kinnaird
Howard Lee}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 16th district|years=2003–2005}}
{{s-aft|after=Janet Cowell}}
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Category:North Carolina state senators
Category:Raleigh City Council members
Category:Duke University Trinity College of Arts and Sciences alumni
Category:Wake Forest University alumni
Category:21st-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly
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