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'''Frank R. Reid''' (April 18, 1879 – January 25, 1945) was an American
== Biography ==
[[File:Billy Mitchell at his court-martial.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.15|Gen. "Billy" Mitchell's court-martial, 1925. Reid is seated to Mitchell's right.]]
Born in [[Aurora, Illinois]], Reid was one of eleven children of an Irish grocery store owner. He was christened without a middle name and later chose the letter "R" for an initial.<ref>Waller, Douglas C. (2004). ''A Question of Loyalty: Gen. Billy Mitchell and the Court-Martial That Gripped the Nation'', Harper Collins. {{ISBN|0-06-050547-8}}, p. 38.</ref> Reid attended the public schools, the [[University of Chicago]], and the Chicago College of Law.
He was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1901 and commenced practice in [[Aurora, Illinois]].
=== Early political career ===
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He served as
He served as assistant United States attorney at Chicago 1908–1910.
He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1911 and 1912.
He served as chairman of the Kane County Republican central committee
<!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Secretary of the League of Illinois Municipalities in 1916 and 1917.
=== Congress ===
Reid was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the [[68th United States Congress|Sixty-eighth]] and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Flood Control ([[69th United States Congress|Sixty-ninth]] through [[71st United States Congress|Seventy-first]] Congresses).
While serving on the House Aircraft Committee, he met Gen. [[Billy Mitchell]], who was testifying before the committee. On October 3, 1925, he was requested by Mitchell to act as defense counsel during Mitchell's court-martial in Washington, D.C. for "conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline," and represented him ''pro bono''. In the dramatic film about the trial, ''[[The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell]]'', Reid was portrayed by [[Ralph Bellamy]].▼
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1934.
He engaged in the general practice of law at Chicago and Aurora, Illinois.▼
=== Later career and death ===
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He died in [[Aurora, Illinois]], on January 25, 1945.
He was interred in Spring Lake Cemetery.
▲While serving on the House Aircraft Committee, he met Gen. [[Billy Mitchell]], who was testifying before the committee. On October 3, 1925, he was requested by Mitchell to act as defense counsel during Mitchell's court-martial in Washington, D.C. for "conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline," and represented him ''pro bono''. In the dramatic film about the trial, ''[[The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell]]'', Reid was portrayed by [[Ralph Bellamy]].
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