Thomas Reed

Thomas Brackett Reed Historical Figure Nationality: United States Year of Birth: 1839 Year of Death: 1902 Cause of Death: Heart attack Occupation: Lawyer, Politician, Author of Non-Fiction Parents: T.B. Reed Sr., Mathilda Mitchell Spouse: Susan P. Merrill Children: Katherine Political Party: Republican Party Political Office(s): United States Representative from Maine, Speaker of the House Fictional Appearances: Southern Victory POD: September 10, 1862 Appearance(s): American Front Type of Appearance: Posthumous reference Cause of Death: Unrevealed Political Party: Democratic Party Political Office(s): President of the United States

Thomas Brackett Reed (October 18, 1839 – December 7, 1902) was a United States Representative from Maine, and Speaker of the House from 1889–1891 and from 1895–1899. He was a powerful leader of the Republican Party through much of the latter 19th century.

Thomas Reed in Southern Victory

Thomas Brackett Reed served as President of the United States in the late 19th century, succeeding the esteemed Alfred Thayer Mahan. He was lionized as a hero of the Remembrance culture that controlled the country in the period between the Second Mexican War and the Great War. As President, Reed pledged to support Haiti's continued independence, refusing to allow the Confederate States to invade the island by entering into a treaty to protect Haiti from any C.S. attack. Reed's face appeared on the U.S. half dollar coin.

Literary comment

Based on Sam Carsten's implication that President Mahan was in office from 1889-1897, it has been tentatively deduced that Reed was most likely Mahan's immediate successor, and died in office (i.e. serving from 1897-1902).

See also

• Theodore Roosevelt, whose tenure as President of the United States in OTL lasted 1901-1909, overlapping with the fictionalized Reed's term in Southern Victory. Roosevelt also appears in that series, acquiring the presidency much later than he did in OTL.