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Samuel McClary Fite (June 12, 1816 – October 23, 1875) was an American politician and a member of the
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for
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's 4th congressional district.


Biography

Samuel McClary Fite was born the son of Jacob and Matilda M. Fite on June 12, 1816 near
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in Smith County. He attended the common and private schools and graduated from Clinton College in Tennessee. Fite studied law in
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, was admitted to the
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, and commenced practice in
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. He married Catherine Isabella Wilson on September 5, 1855, and they had three daughters, Josephine Rowena, Catherine McClary, and Alberta Beard.


Career

By 1850, Fite was a member of the
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. In 1852 at the age of 36, he was placed on the Whig ticket as a
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. From 1858 to 1861, he was a judge of the sixth judicial district. Upon suspension of the court during the war, he resumed the practice of law in Carthage, Tennessee. He was appointed on July 24, 1869 to be the judge of the sixth judicial district to fill a vacancy. He was elected to the same position on January 8, 1870, and he served until 1874. In 1875, Fite was elected as a
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to the
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to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John W. Head. He served from March 4, 1875 until his death, before the assembling of Congress.


Death

Fite died at a sanitarium in
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on October 23, 1875, (age 59 years, 133 days) and was
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at Carthage Cemetery in
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. He was then reinterred at Mount Olivet Cemetery in
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in 1908.


See also

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