Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection

Document Type

Oral History

Publication Date

2-7-2000

Interview Number

MOH 167

Abstract

Carlton Day “Bud” Reed was born in Bath, Maine in 1930 and raised in Woolwich, Maine. He attended Colby College, graduating in the class of 1953, and worked on Muskie’s 1954 gubernatorial campaign. Reed was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1958. Losing his bid for reelection in 1960, he ran for the Senate in 1962 defeating Rodney E. Ross, Jr. Reelected in 1964, Reed ran for the Senate President’s post. Barry Goldwater’s landslide defeat in that year helped the Democrats gain control of the Maine Legislature for the first time since 1911. Following his term as Senate President, Reed served two more terms in the Maine Senate, one as minority leader. When he left the Senate, Reed returned to Woolwich as a partner in the firm of Reed & Reed, general contractors. He has been on the boards of Key Bank, University of Maine, Central Maine Power, and the State’s Board of Education.

Scope and Content Note

Interview includes discussions of: 1954 Maine gubernatorial campaign; 1968 vice presidential campaign; 1969-1972 presidential campaign; environmental protection; Maine legislature (late 1960s and early 1970s); history of Woolwich, Maine (extensive) as well as Bath, Maine; Maine taxes; classification of rivers and Prestile Stream; air and water pollution; straight party voting; and Central Maine Power.

Use Restrictions

Copyright Bates College. This transcript is provided for individual Research Purposes Only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240-6018.

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