Born on a farm near Pikeville,Tennessee,in Bledsoe County on April 16,1872,McReynolds attended the rural schools,People's College at Pikeville,Tennessee,and Cumberland University 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.[1]
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.[2]
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