Charles Chester Reid (June 15, 1868 – May 20, 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1901 to 1911.

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Charles C. Reid
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 's 5th district
In office March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1911
Preceded by	William L. Terry
Succeeded by	John Sebastian Little
Personal details
Born	Charles Chester Reid (1868-06-15)June 15, 1868 Clarksville, Arkansas, U.S.
Died	May 20, 1922(1922-05-20) (aged 53) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Resting place	Oakland Cemetery, Arkansas
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Vanderbilt University
Occupation	Attorney

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Born in Clarksville, Arkansas, Reid attended the public schools and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1883–1885. He was graduated from the law department of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1887.

He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Morrilton, Arkansas. He served as prosecuting attorney of Conway County from 1894 to 1898. In 1898 he voluntarily retired from office and resumed the practice of law.

Reid was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1911).^[1] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress.

He again engaged in the practice of his profession in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he died on May 20, 1922.

He was interred in Oakland Cemetery.