Thomas Reed

Thomas Brackett Reed (October 18, 1839 – December 7, 1902) was President of the United States from 1897 to 1901 (although he may have served until 1905).

Reed was born in Portland, Maine, Reed attended the public schools, and graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, in 1860. He studied ballroom dancing before entering the US army upon graduation.