Elijah Harvey McGehee (June 11, 1887 – November 2, 1965) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician. He was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1937 to 1964. He also was a Democratic Mississippi state senator from 1916 to 1920.
Biography
Elijah Harvey McGehee was born on June 11, 1887, in Little Springs, Mississippi.[1][2] He was the son and ninth child of John Hiram McGehee, a Mississippi state senator, and Alice Katherine (Ford) McGehee.[1] McGehee attended the schools of Little Springs, graduating from its high school in 1906.[1] He graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Law and began practicing law in Monticello, Mississippi, in 1909.[1] He served in the Mississippi Senate, representing the state's 8th senatorial district as a Democrat, from 1916 to 1920.[1] In October 1937, Governor Hugh L. White appointed McGehee to a seat on the Supreme Court of Mississippi vacated by the sudden death of Justice William Henry Cook.[3][4] He later served as chief justice of the court.[5] After retiring in 1964, McGehee died on November 2, 1965, in Yazoo City.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
- ^ Frost, May (Miller) (1954). De Jarnette and Allied Families in America (1699-1954). p. 85.
- ^ Harvey McGehee Name Supreme Court Justice", Jackson Clarion-Ledger (October 8, 1937), p. 20.
- ^ a b "McGehee Harvey obit11051955". Clarion-Ledger. 1965-11-05. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ White Violence and Black Response.
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