Alfred E. Reames

Alfred Evan Reames (February 5, 1870 – March 4, 1943) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Oregon. A native Oregonian, he served as a United States senator for nine months in 1938. A Democrat, he practiced law in Portland, Eugene, and Jacksonville.

Early life Alfred Reames was born in Jacksonville, Oregon, as the son of Thomas G. Reames and Lucinda Williams on February 5, 1870. He received his primary education in the public schools of Jacksonville. In 1891, he married Edith L. Tongue of Hillsboro, Oregon, the daughter of former representative Thomas H. Tongue. Then in 1893 Alfred Reames earned his law degree from Washington and Lee University in Virginia. The Democrat served until November 8, 1938, when Alexander G. Barry was elected. Reames did not run in the fall election.

Later life In 1923, Reames remarried and had one son with Lillian L. Lanning, who was from Albany, Oregon. After Congress, he returned to private practice. He was an incorporator of the Jacksonville Electric Company, responsible for the construction of the Jacksonville substation. On March 4, 1943, Alfred Evan Reames died in Medford and was buried at Siskiyou Memorial Park, also in Medford.