Samuel McKee (politician, born 1833) explained

Samuel McKee
Term Start:June 22, 1868
Term End:March 3, 1869
Term Start2:March 4, 1865
Term End2:March 3, 1867
Birth Date:5 November 1833
Birth Place:Mount Sterling, Kentucky, U.S.
Death Place:Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Resting Place:Cave Hill Cemetery
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma Mater:Miami University
Cincinnati Law School
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Samuel McKee (November 5, 1833 – December 11, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Early life

Born near Mount Sterling, Kentucky, McKee attended the common schools. He was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1857, and the Cincinnati Law School in 1858. He was admitted to the bar.

Career

McKee commenced practice in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, in 1858. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War as a captain in the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry.

McKee was elected as an Unconditional Unionist to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867). He successfully contested as a Republican the election of John D. Young to the Fortieth Congress and served from June 22, 1868, to March 3, 1869.He was not a candidate for renomination in 1868. He served as delegate to the Southern Loyalist Convention at Philadelphia in 1866. He worked as a pension agent in Louisville, Kentucky from 1869 to 1871. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Louisville, Kentucky on December 11, 1898. He was interred in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.