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''Samuel Davis McReynolds (April 16, 1872 – July 11, 1939) was an American politician and judge who served as a member of the
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for the 3rd congressional district of
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Biography

Born on a farm near
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, in Bledsoe County on April 16, 1872, McReynolds attended the rural schools, People's College at Pikeville, Tennessee, and
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at
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. He studied law, was admitted to the
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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
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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 ''
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''. 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
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to the Sixty-eighth and to the eight succeeding Congresses. During the Seventy-second through Seventy-sixth Congresses, he was the chairman of the
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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
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Death

McReynolds died in
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, on July 11, 1939. He was
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in Forest Hill Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee.


See also

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McReynolds, Sam D. 1872 births 1939 deaths People from Pikeville, Tennessee Tennessee state court judges Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee