David McKendree Key

• District Court, E.D. Tennessee

  Judge

  1880 – 1895 · 15 yrsAppointed by Rutherford B. Hayes

• District Court, M.D. Tennessee

  Judge

  1880 – 1895 · 15 yrsAppointed by Rutherford B. Hayes

Career

• Postmaster general of the United States

  1877 – 1880 · 3 yrs

• U.S. senator from Tennessee

  1875 – 1877 · 2 yrs

• Chancellor

  Tennessee Chancery Court, Third Judicial District

  1870 – 1875 · 5 yrs

• Private practice

  1865 – 1880 · 15 yrs

• Confederate Army

  1861 – 1865 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  1853 – 1861 · 8 yrs

• Private practice

  1852 – 1853 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1850 – 1852 · 2 yrs

Education