succeeded religion children birth_place office preceded birth_date term_start residence spouse article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
charles w. pickering presbyterian church including : place of birth missing state chairman , mississippi republican party wirt yerger 1928 1966 greenville washington county mississippi , usa julia b. `` judy '' reed clarke reed
 1976 clarke thomas reed , sr. . businessman university of missouri
clarke reed

clarke thomas reed -lrb- born 1928 -rrb- is a businessman and investor from greenville , mississippi , who was from 1966 to 1976 the state chairman of the mississippi republican party .
reed was instrumental in the nomination of u.s. president gerald r. ford , jr. , at the 1976 republican national convention held in kansas city , missouri .
