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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Albert Cole Hopkins, Andrew Deutsch, Annabeth Rosen, Arnold Zimmerman, C. Scott Vanderhoef, Cathy Bissoon, Chagmion Antoine, Charles Butts (paleontologist), Chuck Stenzel, Clarence W. Spicer, Creig Flessel, David Chesnoff, Francis Marion McDowell, George P. Darrow, Horace Billings Packer, J. Hale Sypher, Jae Won Lee, John Bisbee, Julia Galloway, Kenneth Price, Kim Dickey, Maija Grotell, Mark Cesark, Marvin Bell, Mortimer Fitzland Elliott, Nancy Nadel, Pat Cougevan, Peter Jenkins (travel author), Philip T. Van Zile, Richard M. Dolan, Robert C. Turner, Robert Kalfin, Robert Klein, Robert Littell (author), Rufus Mallory, Sarah Lindley, Sean Healy, Siona Shimshi, Stanley Moskowitz, Steven Pressman (economist), Steve Heineman, Steve Skeates, Tom Reed (politician), Tony Marsh (artist), William Cleaveland, William Wallace Brown. Excerpt: Thomas W. Reed II (born November 18, 1971) is the U.S. Representative for New York's 29th congressional district, serving since winning both the special and general elections on November 2, 2010. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served as the Mayor of Corning, New York. The son of a career army officer, Reed is the youngest of 12 children and was raised in Corning, New York by his mother after his father died when he was 2 years old. Reed graduated from Horseheads High School in 1989, attended Alfred University, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1993 and earned a law degree from Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law in 1996. While at Alfred he was a NCAA Division III All-American as a swimmer. After receiving his law degree and being admitted to the bar he worked in Rochester for the firm of Gallo and Iacovangelo. After the death of his mother Reed moved his family to Corning, his hometown, in 1999, where he opened his own law firm, as well as several other small businesses. Reed's law firm performs creditor's work, criminal defense and municipal corporate counseling. In 2007, Reed defeated incumbent Democrat Mayor Frank Coccho, with 59% of the vote. Reed ran on the Republican, Conservative, and Independence party lines. He served only one two-year term. Corning is a small city in Western New York, that is home to one Fortune 500 company, Corning Incorporated. District 29 was an open seat. Reed won against Democratic and Working Families nominee Matthew Zeller. On July 1, 2009 Reed announced his candidacy for Congress in 2010 in a seven stop tour. He received the endorsement of the county Republican chairmen in all eight counties of the 29th Congressional district, the Monroe County Conservative Party and Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks. The previous Congressman, Democrat Eric Massa, narrowly won election over Republican then-incumbent Randy Kuhl with 51% of the vote in 2008. Massa was serving his first term, but announced he wou
