David Hayes Kincheloe

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David Hayes Kincheloe (April 9, 1877 - April 16, 1950) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Born near Sacramento, Kentucky, Kincheloe attended the public schools and was graduated from Bowling Green College, Kentucky, in 1898. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1899, and commenced practice in Calhoun, Kentucky. He served as prosecuting attorney of McLean County 1902-1906. He moved to Madisonville in 1906 and continued the practice of law.

Kincheloe was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until his resignation on October 5, 1930, having been appointed judge of the United States Customs Court, in which capacity he served until April 30, 1948, when he retired.

He died in Washington, D.C., April 16, 1950. He was interred in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Madisonville, Kentucky.

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• David Hayes Kincheloe at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress