Daniel Rayford McGehee (September 10, 1883 – February 9, 1962) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from

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from 1935 to 1937.

Biography

Born in

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, 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 Mississippi State Senate from 1924 to 1928. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Franklin County, from 1928 to 1932. He was again a member of the State Senate, from the 6th district, from 1932 to 1934.

Congress

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 (77th through 79th Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination in 1946 to the

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Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law, agricultural pursuits, and banking. He died in Meadville, Mississippi, February 9, 1962. He was interred in Midway Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McGehee, Dan R. 1883 births 1962 deaths Democratic Party Mississippi state senators Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives People from Franklin County, Mississippi Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi 20th-century American politicians People from Meadville, Mississippi