sentences:  From 1877 to 1880, Reese was the solicitor general of Georgia's northern judicial circuit.In 1882, he successfully ran as a 
  Democrat to fill Alexander Stephens' vacated seat for Georgia in the United States House of Representatives during the 47th United States Congress.He was reelected to the 48th and 49th Congresses and served from December 4, 1882, until March 3, 1887.