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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeZachary David MASSEY
(1864-1923)
MASSEY, Zachary David, a
Representative from Tennessee; born near Marshall, Madison County,
N.C., November 14, 1864; attended the public schools; taught in the
public schools of Marshall 1882-1886; studied medicine in the
Louisville (Ky.) Medical College and commenced the practice of his
profession in Wears Valley, Tenn., in 1889; moved to Sevierville,
Sevier County, in 1890; during the Spanish-American War served as
an assistant surgeon; postmaster of Sevierville 1899-1904; member
of the State senate 1904-1906; elected as a Republican to the
Sixty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Walter P. Brownlow and served from November 8, 1910, to March 3,
1911; was not a candidate for renomination in 1910; resumed the
practice of medicine and also engaged in the real estate business;
died in Sevierville, Tenn., July 13, 1923; interment in Shiloh
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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