Harvey McGehee | |
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Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi | |
In office 1937–1964 | |
Member of the
Mississippi Senate from the 8th district | |
In office January 1916 – January 1920 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Little Springs, Mississippi | June 11, 1887
Died | November 2, 1965 Yazoo City, Mississippi | (aged 78)
Political party | Democrat |
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.
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]