Term Start: | 1905 |
Term End: | 1906 |
Birth Date: | 6 July 1862 |
Death Place: | St. Louis, Missouri |
Charles LaFayette Reeder (July 6, 1862December 20, 1926) was an American politician and physician who served as the seventh Mayor of Tulsa from 1905 to 1906.
Charles LaFayette Reeder was born on July 6, 1862, in Appanoose County, Iowa. His father, Philander Reeder, was a physician, and Charles would also become a physician. He married a woman named Jessica in 1886.[1] In 1890 he moved to Tulsa, Indian Territory, and was one of the first practicing physicians in the city. He co-founded the city's first hospital and was later the seventh Mayor of Tulsa from 1905 to 1906.[2] He died on December 20, 1926, in St. Louis.