William W. Reed

William W. Reed (February 8, 1825 - 1916) was an American physician and politician from Jefferson, Wisconsin who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.

Reed was born in Versailles in Darke County, Ohio on February 8, 1825; he received an academic education and became a physician by trade.

He came to Wisconsin in 1849, and settled at Jefferson, where he held various local public offices, including district clerk, city treasurer and county supervisor; was president of the board of trustees of Jefferson Liberal Institute.

He was first elected to the Assembly from the third Jefferson County district (the Towns of Hebron, Jefferson, Sumner, Koshkonong, and Cold Spring) as a member of the Republican Party. He was succeeded by fellow Republican Lucien B. Caswell.

He served as an examining surgeon for the draft of 1863; and was once more elected to his old Assembly district for the 1866 and 1867 sessions, being succeeded by Democrat Jonas Folts.

He was a member of the State Board of Charities and Reform for multiple terms, beginning in 1874, in which role he was instrumental in fostering the idea of establishing county insane asylums. He left a manuscript account of this campaign, now in the archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society.

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