Joseph B. Reynolds

Joseph Birdsall Reynolds (February 5, 1836 – March 27, 1898) was an American lawyer from Chilton, Wisconsin who served one term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Calumet County. He was elected as both a Greenback Party and Democratic candidate.

Background Reynolds was born in the Town of Greene in Chenango County, New York on February 5, 1836; he was educated at Cortland Academy, and at Harvard University,

He was not a candidate for re-election in 1879, and was succeeded by Democrat J. W. Parkinson. (Even though the Calumet County seat had been held for two terms by Greenbackers, there was no official Greenback in the 1879 race, although one Henry Arnold ran as an independent.)

After the Assembly; personal life He remained in Chilton a few years and then moved to Boone, Iowa, where he took charge of an extensive farm owned by him. He was described in his obituary as "tall, being over six feet, and of a commanding presence that would attract attention wherever he appeared." He and Virginia had four children, all of whom had died before Reynolds himself died on March 28, 1898 (the last, Robert, only about a year prior). He was buried in Chilton's Hillside Cemetery.