Samuel McKee (politician, 1833)

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Samuel McKee (born November 5, 1833 in Mount Sterling , Montgomery County , Kentucky , †  December 11, 1898 in Louisville , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1865 and 1869 he twice represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel McKee attended public schools in his home country. He then studied until 1857 at Miami University in Oxford ( Ohio ). After a subsequent law degree at the Cincinnati Law School and his 1858 admission as a lawyer, he began to work in Mount Sterling in this profession. During the civil war he was a captain in the Union army .

In the congressional election of 1864 McKee was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded William H. Wadsworth on March 4, 1865 . Until March 3, 1867 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . During this time the civil war ended. In addition, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, which abolished slavery . Since 1865, the work of Congress has been overshadowed by tension between Republicans and President Andrew Johnson , which culminated in a narrowly unsuccessful impeachment trial.

In 1866 McKee was defeated in the congressional elections. After a successful protest against the election result, he was able to take his seat in parliament again on January 22, 1868 and to end the current legislative period by March 3, 1869. In the meantime he had become a member of the Republican Party. In 1868 McKee decided not to run again. In 1866 he was a delegate to a conference of politicians from the South who had remained loyal to the Union during the civil war. Between 1869 and 1871 he worked for the City of Louisville in the retirement department. After that he practiced as a lawyer again. Samuel McKee died in Louisville on December 11, 1898.

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SURNAME McKee, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Mount Sterling , Montgomery County , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1898
Place of death Louisville , Kentucky