Mel Reynolds

Mel Reynolds
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 2nd district
In office
January 3, 1993  October 1, 1995
Preceded byGus Savage
Succeeded byJesse Jackson Jr.
Personal details
Born
Melvin Reynolds

(1952-01-08) January 8, 1952
Mound Bayou, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationCity Colleges of Chicago
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA)
Lincoln College, Oxford (LLB)
Harvard University (MPA)

Melvin Reynolds (born January 8, 1952) is an American politician from Illinois. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995. He resigned in October 1995 after a jury convicted him of sexual assault charges related to sex with an underage campaign worker.