Background
Reynolds was born in Jacksonport, in Door County, Wisconsin.
Reynolds was born in Jacksonport, in Door County, Wisconsin.
He graduated from the University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin Law School.
He was elected as a Republican. Reynolds was admitted to the bar in 1902. After becoming a lawyer, he worked in Ashland, Wisconsin for a short time before setting up a practice in Green Bay, Wisconsin, which remained his home for the rest of his life.
Reynolds served as district attorney for Brown County from 1906 to 1910.
He was a delegate to the 1924 Republican National Convention, supporting Senator Robert M. Louisiana Follette, Senior When Louisiana Follette ran as a Progressive in the general election that year, Reynolds was one of thirteen electors who voted for him.