Charles Frank Reavis (September 5, 1870 – May 26, 1932) was an American Republican Party politician. He was born in

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on and studied law at

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. He was admitted to the bar in 1892 and set up practice in Falls City. He became the prosecuting attorney of

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from 1894 to 1896. In 1915 he was elected to the Sixty-fourth United States Congress and reelected to the three succeeding congresses serving from March 4, 1915, to June 3, 1922. On April 5, 1917, he voted against declaring war on Germany. He resigned in 1922 and was appointed in June 1922 special assistant to the

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in the prosecution of war fraud cases. He served until June 1, 1924. He moved to

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in 1924 and continued the practice of law. He died there on May 26, 1932, and is buried in Steele Cemetery in Falls City.

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* * * * * 1870 births 1939 deaths People from Falls City, Nebraska Politicians from Lincoln, Nebraska District attorneys in Nebraska Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska {{Nebraska-politician-stub