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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Tennessee

David McKendree KEY

(1824-1900)

Senate Years of Service:

1875-1877

Party:

Democrat

KEY, David McKendree, a Senator from Tennessee; born near Greeneville, Greene County, Tenn., January 27, 1824; attended the common schools; graduated from Hiawassee College in 1850; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1850 and commenced practice in Kingston; moved to Chattanooga in 1853; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1856 and 1860; during the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army and was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the Forty-third Tennessee Infantry; member of the State constitutional convention in 1870; chancellor of the third chancery division 1870-1875; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election to the Forty-third Congress; appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Andrew Johnson and served from August 18, 1875, to January 19, 1877; unsuccessful candidate for election to fill the vacancy in 1876; Postmaster General in the Cabinet of President Rutherford Hayes 1877-1880; appointed by President Hayes United States judge for the eastern and middle districts of Tennessee 1880-1894; died in Chattanooga, Tenn., February 3, 1900; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.