Thomas Buck Reed was a United States Senator from Mississippi

Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

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Born near Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...

, he attended the public schools and the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University

Princeton University

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.) He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Lexington in 1808; in 1809 he moved to Natchez, Mississippi

Natchez, Mississippi

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 and was city clerk in 1811. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Delegate to Congress in 1813, and was attorney general

Attorney General

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 of Mississippi from 1821 to 1826.

In 1825, Reed was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives

Mississippi House of Representatives

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 but declined to take his seat; he was elected to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of David Holmes

David Holmes (politician)

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 and served from January 28, 1826, to March 3, 1827. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1827, but was again elected to the Senate in 1828 and served from March 4, 1829, until his death in Lexington, Kentucky in 1829. Interment was in the Old Baptist Cemetery.

Reed's party affiliation was Jacksonian.