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James A. Reed: Legendary Lawyer; Marplot in the United States Senate
This is a biography of little-known Missouri senator James A. Reed, who was in the running for the Democratic Partys presidential nomination in 1928 and 1932. While in the United States Senate, Reed was the leading opponent to president Woodrow Wilsons effort to have the United States join the League of Nations. During the administrations of Franklin Roosevelt, Reed was a critic of Roosevelts Neal Deal policies and gave his support to Republican presidential candidates in 1936 and 1940. The book also presents the story of Reed, the outstanding trial lawyer in cases where he obtains remarkable results in civil damage claims, as well as various criminal cases in which he acted as prosecuting attorney or defense counsel.
422 pages, Paperback
Published March 9, 2018
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July 11, 2018
This is an interesting biography of a powerful Missouri lawyer, Sen. James A. Reed of Kansas City. I learned about him when I read about the Swope murder trial, for which he was hired as a special prosecutor by the Swope family. Reed was a very conservative Democrat, an ally of Tom Pendergast and an opponent of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt. The book is well-researched, but suffers a little from poor proof-reading.
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