Zachary D. Massey
| Zachary David Massey | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 1st district |
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In office November 8, 1910 – March 3, 1911 |
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| Preceded by | Walter P. Brownlow |
| Succeeded by | Sam R. Sells |
| Member of the Tennessee Senate | |
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In office 1904-1906 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 14, 1864 Marshall, North Carolina |
| Died |
July 13, 1923 (aged 58) Sevierville, Tennessee |
| Citizenship |
 United States
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| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sally Josephine Mullendore Massey |
| Children |
Beulah Massey Roy Hardee Massey Blanche Massey Constance "Cleo" Massey Juanita Massey Robert Massey |
| Alma mater | Louisville (Kentucky) Medical College |
| Profession |
teacher Physician politician postmaster realtor |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
United States of America
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| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Rank | assistant surgeon |
| Unit | 6th U.S. Volunteer Infantry |
| Battles/wars | Spanish–American War |
Beulah Massey Roy Hardee Massey
Blanche Massey
Constance "Cleo" Massey
Juanita Massey
teacher Physician
politician
postmaster
Zachary David Massey (November 14, 1864 – July 13, 1923) was an American politician that represented the 1st congressional district of Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives.
Massey was born on November 14, 1864 in Marshall, North Carolina son of Robert Hardy and Tempa Arena Brown Massey. He attended the public schools.
Massey taught in the public schools of Marshall from 1882 to 1886. He married Sally Josephine Mullendore on November 25, 1886, and they had six children, Beulah, Roy, Blanche, Constance, Juanita, and Robert. He studied medicine in the Louisville (Kentucky) Medical College and commenced the practice of his profession in Wears Valley, Tennessee in 1889. He moved to Sevierville, Tennessee in Sevier County in 1890.
During the Spanish–American War, Massey served as an assistant surgeon with The Sixth Regiment, United States Volunteer Infantry, also known as the "Sixth Immunes." The unit served its term of service in the continental U.S. and in Puerto Rico from 1898 to 1899.
After Massey was the postmaster of Sevierville from 1899 to 1904; he then was a member of the Tennessee Senate from 1904 to 1906.
Massey was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Walter P. Brownlow. He served from November 8, 1910 to March 3, 1911, but he was not a candidate for renomination in 1910. He resumed the practice of medicine and also engaged in the real estate business.
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