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, Reid went to Avon High School. He then went to Knox College,

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, and received his law degree from

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. He taught school and served as principal. He was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1915 and practiced law in

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. In 1917, Cutler served as state's attorney for Fulton County and was a Republican. From 1923 until 1955, Cutler served in the

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. Cutler died in a hospital in

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.'Reed Cutler, State House Veteran, Dies,' Chicago Tribune, December 29, 1964, section 1A, pg. 3

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