Dan R. McGehee
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Daniel Rayford McGehee was a U.S. Representative
from Mississippi
.
Born in Little Springs, Mississippi, McGehee attended the public schools.
He was graduated from Mississippi College at Clinton in 1903 and from the law department of the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1909.
He was admitted to the bar in 1909 and commenced practice at Meadville, Mississippi
.
He also engaged in agricultural pursuits and banking.
He served as member of the State senate 1924-1928.
He served in the State house of representatives 1928-1932.
He was again a member of the State senate 1932-1934.
McGehee was elected as a Democrat
to the Seventy-fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1947).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims (Seventy-seventh through Seventy-ninth Congresses).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress.
He resumed the practice of law, agricultural pursuits, and banking.
He died in Meadville, Mississippi
, February 9, 1962.
He was interred in Midway Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
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from Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
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Born in Little Springs, Mississippi, McGehee attended the public schools.
He was graduated from Mississippi College at Clinton in 1903 and from the law department of the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1909.
He was admitted to the bar in 1909 and commenced practice at Meadville, Mississippi
Meadville, Mississippi
Meadville is a town in Franklin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 519 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Franklin County...
.
He also engaged in agricultural pursuits and banking.
He served as member of the State senate 1924-1928.
He served in the State house of representatives 1928-1932.
He was again a member of the State senate 1932-1934.
McGehee was elected as a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
to the Seventy-fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1947).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims (Seventy-seventh through Seventy-ninth Congresses).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress.
He resumed the practice of law, agricultural pursuits, and banking.
He died in Meadville, Mississippi
Meadville, Mississippi
Meadville is a town in Franklin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 519 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Franklin County...
, February 9, 1962.
He was interred in Midway Cemetery.