Louise Goff Reece

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Louise Goff Reece

|image name = Louise G. Reece.jpg

|birth_name=Louise Goff

|birth_date = {{birth date|1898|11|06}}

|birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin

|death_date = {{death date and age|1970|05|14|1898|11|06}}

|death_place = Johnson City, Tennessee

|state = Tennessee

|district = 1st

|term_start = May 16, 1961

|term_end = January 3, 1963

|preceded = Brazilla Carroll Reece

|succeeded = Jimmy Quillen

|party = Republican

|resting_place = Monte Vista Memorial Park

|spouse = Brazilla Carroll Reece

}}

Louise Goff Reece (November 6, 1898 – May 14, 1970) was an American businesswoman and politician. She was a United States representative from Tennessee, succeeding her husband after his death.

Early life

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Reece was a daughter of Guy D. Goff and granddaughter of Nathan Goff, both of whom were U.S. Senators from West Virginia. She was educated at Miss Treat's School, Milwaukee-Downer Seminary, and Miss Spence's School in New York City.

Career

During the long service of her husband, Representative Brazilla Carroll Reece, she regularly campaigned with him, serving as his chauffeur since he didn't drive. She became as well known as her husband.{{cite book|title=Louise G. Reece|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A2CmFiw72okC&q=Louise+Goff+Reece+Biographies+Dictionary+of+Tennessee&pg=PA227|publisher=Biographical dictionary of congressional women|access-date=15 May 2013|isbn=9780313302909|year=1999}}

= Congress =

Reece was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy when her husband died. She served from May 16, 1961, until January 3, 1963.{{cite web|title=Louise G. Reece|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/louise_reece/409089|publisher=Govtrack US Congress|access-date=15 May 2013}} She was not a candidate for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress.

= Later career =

Remaining active in State and national politics, Reece was a businesswoman with wide interests in Tennessee and West Virginia. She was a member of the board of the First Peoples Bank, Johnson City, Tennessee, and chairman of the board of Carter County Bank, Elizabethton, Tennessee. She was also proprietor and manager of Goff Properties in Clarksburg, West Virginia.{{cite web|title=Louise G. Reece|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000109|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=15 May 2013}}

Death

Reece died in Johnson City, Tennessee, on May 14, 1970 (age 71 years, 189 days). She is interred at Monte Vista Memorial Park.{{cite web|title=Louise G. Reece|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reece.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|access-date=15 May 2013}}