Wade Keyes

Wade Keyes
Confederate States Attorney General
Acting
In office
October 1, 1863 – January 2, 1864
PresidentJefferson Davis
Preceded byThomas Watts
Succeeded byGeorge Davis
In office
September 17, 1861 – November 21, 1861
PresidentJefferson Davis
Preceded byJudah Benjamin
Succeeded byThomas Bragg
Personal details
Born(1821-10-10)October 10, 1821
Mooresville, Alabama, U.S.
DiedMarch 2, 1879(1879-03-02) (aged 57)
Florence, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materTransylvania 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.


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