''Samuel Davis McReynolds (April 16, 1872 – July 11, 1939) was an American politician and judge who served as a member of the
United States House of Representatives
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for the
3rd congressional district of
Tennessee
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.
Biography
Born on a farm near
Pikeville, Tennessee
Pikeville is a city in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,251 at the 2010 census. It is also the county seat of Bledsoe County.
History
The Sequatchie River valley was part of Cherokee lands until 1805, when the Che ...
, in
Bledsoe County on April 16, 1872, McReynolds attended the rural schools, People's College at Pikeville, Tennessee, and
Cumberland University
Cumberland University is a private university in Lebanon, Tennessee. It was founded in 1842. The campus's current historic buildings were constructed between 1892 and 1896.
History
1842-1861
The university was founded by the Cumberlan ...
at
Lebanon, Tennessee. He studied law, was admitted to the
bar in 1893, and commenced practice at Pikeville. He married Jennie Hutchins on December 21, 1905. After her death on April 16, 1908, he married Mary Davenport on March 9, 1910, and they had one daughter, Margaret Hennrietta.
Career
In 1894 and 1896, McReynolds served as assistant district attorney of the sixth judicial circuit court of Tennessee. He moved to
Chattanooga in 1896 and continued the practice of law. He was appointed judge of the criminal court for the sixth circuit of Tennessee on April 16, 1903. It was there that he heard the case State of Tennessee versus Ed Johnson, the case that later became ''
United States v. Shipp''. He was subsequently elected and twice re-elected to the same office. He served until February 1, 1923, when he resigned, having been elected to Congress.
McReynolds was elected as a
Democrat to the
Sixty-eighth and to the eight succeeding Congresses. During the
Seventy-second through
Seventy-sixth Congresses, he was the chairman of the
United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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. He served from March 4, 1923, until his death. In 1933, he was a delegate to the International Monetary and Economic Conference at
London
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,
England
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.
Death
McReynolds died in
Washington, D.C.
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, on July 11, 1939. He was
interred in Forest Hill Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
See also
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List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
References
External links
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1872 births
1939 deaths
People from Pikeville, Tennessee
Tennessee state court judges
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee