He was a lawyer in Louisville, Ky., practicing in all the State Courts and giving special attention to all business in the United States and Canada. He has had 20 years' experience in the United States Court practice.

McKEE, Samuel - a Representative from Kentucky; born near Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Ky., November 5, 1833; attended the common schools; was graduated from Miami University, Oxford , Ohio, in 1857, and the Cincinnati Law School in 1858; was admitted to the bar and commence d practice in Mount Sterling, Ky., in 1858; served in the Union Army during the Civil War a s a captain in the Fourteenth Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry; elected as an Unconditional Unionist to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867); successfully contested as a Republican the election of John D. Young to the Fortieth Congress and served from Jun e 22, 1868, to March 3, 1869; was not a candidate for renomination in 1868; delegate to the Southern Loyalist Convention at Philadelphia in 1866; pension agent in Louisville, Ky., 1869-1 871; resumed the practice of law; died in Louisville, Ky., December 11, 1898; interment in Cave Hill Cemetery.