David M. Key
| David McKendree Key | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | |
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In office May 27, 1880 – January 21, 1895 |
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| Appointed by | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Preceded by | Connally Findlay Trigg |
| Succeeded by | Charles Dickens Clark |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | |
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In office May 27, 1880 – January 21, 1895 |
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| Appointed by | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Preceded by | Connally Findlay Trigg |
| Succeeded by | Charles Dickens Clark |
| 27th United States Postmaster General | |
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In office March 12, 1877 – June 2, 1880 |
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| President | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Preceded by | James N. Tyner |
| Succeeded by | Horace Maynard |
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United States Senator from Tennessee |
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In office August 18, 1875 – January 19, 1877 |
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| Preceded by | Andrew Johnson |
| Succeeded by | James E. Bailey |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 27, 1824 Greeneville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | February 3, 1900 (aged 76) Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Lenoir Key |
| Alma mater | Hiwassee College |
| Profession | Lawyer, Politician |
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| Allegiance |
 Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 Confederate States Army
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| Rank |
 Lieutenant Colonel
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| Unit |
 43rd Tennessee Regiment |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
David McKendree Key (January 27, 1824 – February 3, 1900) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 1875 to 1877 as well as the U.S. Postmaster General under President Hayes, and a United States federal judge.
Key was born in Greene County, Tennessee, the son of Reverend John and Margaret (Armitage) Key. In 1826 the family moved to Monroe County where Key was reared, graduating from Hiwassee College in 1850. He selected the legal profession as his vocation through life, and the same year of his graduation he read law to be admitted to the bar. He practiced law for two years at Madisonville, then worked for a short time in Kingston. He moved to Chattanooga in February 1853. He married Elizabeth Lenoir in 1857, and fathered nine children.
When the Civil War broke out, Key enlisted in the Forty-third Confederate Tennessee Regiment of Infantry, served until the close of the war, and was mustered out as a lieutenant colonel. He then resumed the practice of law in Chattanooga until 1868.
Key was a member of the Tennessee state constitutional convention of 1870, which composed the basic instrument of government of the state still in effect. In August of the same year, he was elected chancellor of the Chattanooga (3rd) division, defeating the Republican incumbent, Daniel C. Trewhitt. He maintained his chancellorship during an unsuccessful campaign for the U.S. House in 1872, but resigned in 1875 to accept the appointment by Tennessee Governor James D. Porter to the vacant Senate seat created by the death of Andrew Johnson.
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