David A. Reese Explained

David Addison Reese
District:7th
State:Georgia
Death Place:Auburn, Alabama
Birth Date:3 March 1794
Birth Place:Charlotte, North Carolina
Predecessor:Alexander Stephens
Successor:Nathaniel Greene Foster
Party:Whig
Termend:March 3, 1855
Termstart:March 4, 1853
Alma Mater:Jefferson Medical College
Signature:David Addison Reese signature.png

David Addison Reese (March 3, 1794 – December 16, 1871) was an American politician and doctor.

Life

Reese was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1794. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and began a medical practice in Elberton, Georgia. He later moved to Monticello, Georgia.

Elected to the Georgia Senate in 1829, Reese was re-elected to that office in 1830, 1834, 1835, and 1836. He also served as a trustee for the University of Georgia in Athens for 25 years.

Reese was elected to U.S. House of Representatives in 1852 as a member of the Whig party and served one term. After his congressional service, Reese resumed practicing medicine in Auburn, Alabama, died in that city in 1871 and was buried in Hopewell Cemetery in West Point, Georgia.

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