Robert K. Byrd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRobert K. Byrd
American politician and soldier
Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1823
Place of Birth: Roane County, Tennessee, United States
Date of Death: 02-May-1885
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Robert K. Byrd
- Robert King Byrd (November 4, 1823 – May 2, 1885) was an American soldier and politician.
- A Southern Unionist, he commanded the Union Army's First Tennessee Infantry during the Civil War, and saw action at Cumberland Gap, Stones River, and in the Knoxville and Atlanta campaigns.
- He represented his native Roane County at the pro-Union East Tennessee Convention on the eve of the war in 1861, and at the Nashville convention that reorganized the Tennessee state government toward the end of the war in January 1865. Byrd served one term (1879–1881) in the Tennessee Senate, and unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party's nomination for governor in 1880.
- He was a persistent advocate for railroad construction and navigational improvements to the Tennessee River during the two decades following the war.
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