James Burton Reynolds

{{infobox officeholder

| image = Reynolds 3576207710 ba901f72df o.jpg

| caption = Reynolds, {{circa|1913}}

| office = United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

| term_start = 1905

| term_end = November 1, 1909

| president = Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft

| predecessor = Robert S. Armstrong

| successor = James Freeman Curtis

| birth_date = {{birthdate|1870|02|17}}

| birth_place = Saratoga, New York

| death_date = {{dda|1948|02|07|1870|02|17}}

| death_place = New York City, New York

| alma_mater = Dartmouth College

| spouse = {{marriage|Irene Holcombe Hearin
|1912|1943|reason=her death}}

}}

James Burton Reynolds (February 17, 1870 – February 7, 1948) was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, where he was accused of taking bribes from the Sugar Trust.{{cite news |title=Reynolds Denies All Parr's Charges |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94932276/reynolds-denies-all-parrs-charges/ |quote='Sour grapes,' or something very similar, is in effect the answer of James Burton Reynolds, ex-Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, to the charges and insinuations of Richard Parr, Chief of the Weighers' Division ...|newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 16, 1909 |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53737397/the-new-york-times/ 2] |access-date=2022-02-14 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite book |title=James Burton Reynolds |work=National magazine |year=1908 |quote= ... Mr. Reynolds was born in Saratoga, New York, where his father was a practicing physician for many years. Although still on the sunny side of forty, he remains a bachelor. His office is one of the most popular in the Treasury Department. ... | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WUMPAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA364 }}

Early life

He was born in Saratoga, New York, on February 17, 1870, and was the son of Dr. John H. Reynolds and Sarah ({{nee}} Morgan) Reynolds. He attended Glens Falls Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1890.

Career

In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Reynolds an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.{{cite news |title=For Assistant Secretary of Treasury. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94932367/for-assistant-secretary-of-treasury/ |access-date=2022-02-14 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=Washington |page=5 |date=10 February 1905 |via=Newspapers.com}} In September 1909, Reynolds was appointed by President William Howard Taft.{{cite news |title=Tariff Reformer Heads Tariff Board; Taft Makes Prof. Henry Crosby Emery of Yale Chairman of New Commission. Reciprocity Man is on It; He Is A.H. Sanders of Chicago -James B. Reynolds, Assistant Secretary of Treasury, Other Member. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94932417/tariff-reformer-heads-tariff-board/ |access-date=2022-02-14 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=Beverly, Massachusetts |page=1 |date=12 September 1909}} He resigned from the Treasury effective November 1, 1909, to focus on the Tariff Commission.{{cite news |title=Reynolds to Retire Nov. 1.; Will Leave Treasury Department for Work of Tariff Commission. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94932472/reynolds-to-retire-nov-1/ |access-date=2022-02-14 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=Washington |page=2 |date=5 October 1909 |via=Newspapers.com}}

In 1913 he was Secretary of the Republican National Committee.{{cite news |title=Republicans Turn to Hughes for 1916 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94932589/republicans-turn-to-hughes-for-1916/ |quote=James Burton Reynolds of Massachusetts, Secretary of the Republican National Committee, acted as Secretary of to-day's meeting. |newspaper=The New York Times |location=Washington |page=1 |date=November 12, 1913 |access-date=2022-02-14 |via=Newspapers.com}} In 1920 he was the campaign manager for Calvin Coolidge.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,718599,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214131652/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,718599,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 14, 2008 |title=Mr. Coolidge's Week |access-date=2009-12-01 |date=June 30, 1924 |magazine=Time|quote=Mr. James Burton Reynolds, Campaign Manager for Mr. Coolidge in 1920 }}

Personal life

On December 28, 1912, Reynolds was married to Irene ({{nee}} Holcombe) Hearin (1867–1943) in Mobile, Alabama. Irene, a daughter of Dr. James Mosely Holcombe and Rhidonia Alabama Augustine ({{nee}} Hearin) Holcombe, was the widow of Charles Turner Hearin, with whom she had several children.{{cite news |title=Mrs. James Reynolds |url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00E14FE3A5D167B93C7A8178AD85F478485F9 |quote=Irene H. Holeombe Reynolds, wife of James Burton Reynolds, died today of a cerebral hemorrhage, at her home here. Mrs. Reynolds had been a resident of ... |newspaper=The New York Times |page=17 |date=January 15, 1943 |access-date=2010-07-07 |url-access=subscription}}

He died in New York City on February 7, 1948.{{cite news |title=James B. Reynolds Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94932658/james-b-reynolds-dies-former-gop/ |quote=James Burton Reynolds former secretary of the national committee died today ... |work=Chicago Tribune |location=New York |agency=AP |page=39 |date=February 8, 1948 |access-date=2022-02-14 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |title=Reynolds Rites Today. Service For Republican Ex-official To Be Held In Washington |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/02/10/archives/reynolds-rites-today-service-for-republican-exoffii-cial-to-be-held.html |quote=A funeral service for James Burton Reynolds, former Secretary of the Republican National Committee, will be held here at 2:30 P.M. tomorrow in St. John's ... |newspaper=The New York Times |page=23 |date=February 10, 1948 |access-date=2010-07-07 |url-access=subscription}}

References

Category:1870 births

Category:1948 deaths

Category:People from Saratoga, New York

Category:United States Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury