Wade Keyes | |
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Confederate States Attorney General Acting | |
In office October 1, 1863 – January 2, 1864 | |
President | Jefferson Davis |
Preceded by | Thomas Watts |
Succeeded by | George Davis |
In office September 17, 1861 – November 21, 1861 | |
President | Jefferson Davis |
Preceded by | Judah Benjamin |
Succeeded by | Thomas Bragg |
Personal details | |
Born | Mooresville, Alabama, U.S. | October 10, 1821
Died | March 2, 1879 Florence, Alabama, U.S. | (aged 57)
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Transylvania University |
Wade Keyes (1821 – 1879) was a lawyer, scholar, judge and professor from Alabama who served as the first and only Assistant Attorney General of the Confederacy, 1861–1865. After the Civil War he practiced law in Florence, Alabama.