Samuel McKee (politician, 1774)

Samuel McKee (born October 13, 1774 in Lexington , Colony of Virginia , †  October 16, 1826 in Hickman County , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1809 and 1817 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel McKee attended the Liberty Hall Academy in Lexington until 1794 , from which today's Washington and Lee University emerged . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1800, he began to practice in Somerset in this profession. In the local Pulaski County he was the head of the land surveyor ( Surveyor ). In 1807 he moved his residence and his office to Lancaster .

Politically, McKee was a member of the Democratic Republican Party . Between 1802 and 1808 he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives . In the congressional election of 1808 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded John Boyle on March 4, 1809 . He represented this district until March 3, 1813. Then he was re-elected to Congress in the newly created seventh district . He represented this area until March 3, 1817 in the US House of Representatives. Between 1815 and 1817 he was chairman of the committee for the management of public properties. During the British-American War of 1812 he served on the staff of General William Henry Harrison .

After serving in Congress, Samuel McKee returned to practice as a lawyer. He was then appointed by President James Monroe to a commission dealing with shipping on the Mississippi and Ohio . McKee remained a member of this commission until his death in 1826.

Web links

• Samuel McKee in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Samuel McKee in the database of Find a Grave (English)