Background
Reukema was born on April 23, 1857 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was educated in the public school system there.
Reukema was born on April 23, 1857 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was educated in the public school system there.
He would become a lawyer, being admitted to practice in open court upon examination March 7, 1881. Reukema died on September 17, 1917 in Milwaukee. He was a Republican.
He was elected twice as Justice of the Peace.
He was also the treasurer of the Milwaukee Bar Association, and director of the Citizens" Loan and Trust Company.
Reukema was a member of the Assembly from 1892 to 1893 and of the Senate in 1903. He served as director of the Milwaukee school board from 1897 to 1899, and member of the school board commission from 1901 to 1902.