Conrad Reid was elected the first mayor of the newly incorporated village(city) of Lorain, Ohio

Lorain, Ohio

Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River, about 30 miles west of Cleveland....

 (previously known as Charleston Village) in 1874. He served as Postmaster in 1835 and built a two-story hotel called the Reid House that same year. He was appointed a U.S. Marshal

United States Marshals Service

The United States Marshals Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice . The office of U.S. Marshal is the oldest federal law enforcement office in the United States; it was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...

 during the Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

. He resigned from office of mayor on October 7, 1875. The Reid House burned down one month after Conrad Reid's death.