David Settle Reid (April 19 1813 – June 19 1891) was the 32nd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1851 to 1854 and a U.S. Senator from December 1854 to March 1859. His uncle was Congressman Thomas Settle and his brother was Hugh Kearns Reid.He was born in what would later be Reidsville North Carolina an unincorporated town named for his father Reuben Reid. At age 16 David Reid became the first postmaster for the town. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1833.
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active years end date
1847-03-04, 1859-03-04
active years start date
1843-03-04, 1854-12-06
birth date
1813-04-19
birth place
Rockingham County North Carolina
death date
1891-06-19
death place
Reidsville North Carolina
order in office
United States Senator from North Carolina, 32nd Governor of North Carolina
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