Harrison Reed (politician)

Harrison Reed
9th Governor of Florida
In office July 4, 1868 – January 7, 1873
Lieutenant	William Henry Gleason Edmund C. Weeks Samuel T. Day
Preceded by	David S. Walker
Succeeded by	Ossian B. Hart
Personal details
Born	August 26, 1813 Littleton, Massachusetts
Died	May 25, 1899 (aged 85) Jacksonville, Florida
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Amanda Anna Louisa Turner Chloe Merrick Reed

Harrison Reed (August 26, 1813 – May 25, 1899) was the ninth Governor of Florida. Reed was born in Littleton, Massachusetts, on August 26, 1813, to parents Seth and Rhoda Reed. His brothers were Curtis Reed and George Reed. At age 16, he was apprenticed to a printer, but health problems caused him to quit. He became a merchant, in 1836 and moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There he opened the first general store and started the first Sunday school. His business failed in the Panic of 1837. He then took a turn at farming. He was an early owner and editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from December 1837 until May 1842. He co-published the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison with David Atwood from 1859-1861.

He married Amanda Anna Louisa Turner on August 12, 1841, in Milwaukee. Together, they helped settle the towns of Neenah and Menasha. They had four children, one of whom died before the age of two.

In 1861 he moved to Washington, D.C. to assume a post at the Treasury Department. While in Washington, his wife died on October 13, 1862. In 1863, he was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln to be a tax commissioner in Florida to deal with seized Confederate property. While working as Tax Commissioner, Reed traveled to Fernandina Beach on several occasions. He met Chloe Merrick, a teacher of freedmen children, on one occasion. He became very impressed with Miss Merrick.

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