The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . thathe was prepared for examina-tion when he was graduated,and was immediately admittedto practice. Three years laterhe settled in Chattanooga,which city continued to be hishome th
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . thathe was prepared for examina-tion when he was graduated,and was immediately admittedto practice. Three years laterhe settled in Chattanooga,which city continued to be hishome thereafter. In 1856 served as presidentialelector, and again in the civil war broke outhe was opposed to the plans ofthe seceding states, but beingin the minority in his ownneighborhood, accepted theappointment of lieutenant-col-onel of a Tennessee regimentin the Confederate army andserved through the war. Be-ing favorably known to Andrew Johnson, whenthe latter became president Col. Key received fromhim a free pardon. He held several state officesafter the war, and in 1875 was appointed to AndrewJohnsons place in the U. S. senate, on the occasionof the death of the latter. He served until 1877,when President Hayes appointed him postmaster-general, a position which he retained until 1880, whenhe was appointed judge of the eastern and middledistricts of Tennessee and resigned from the 204 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA
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