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David McKendree Key
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee · 1880
David McKendree Key , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. David McKendree Key (January 27, 1824 – February 3, 1900) was a United States senator from Tennessee, United States Postmaster General and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Education
- East Tennessee University (now University of Tennessee)A.M.,
- Read law1850
- Hiwassee College1850
Career
Private practice, Madisonville, Tennessee, 1850-1852; Private practice, Kingston, Tennessee, 1852-1853; Private practice, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1853-1861, 1865-1880; Confederate Army, 1861-1865; Chancellor, Tennessee Chancery Court, Third Judicial District, 1870-1875; U.S. senator from Tennessee, 1875-1877; Postmaster general of the United States, 1877-1880
Biography
David McKendree Key (January 27, 1824 – February 3, 1900) was a United States senator from Tennessee, United States Postmaster General and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
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