Harvey McGehee

Harvey McGehee
c. 1917
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	(1887-06-11)June 11, 1887 Little Springs, Mississippi
Died	November 2, 1965(1965-11-02) (aged 78) Yazoo City, Mississippi
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.

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

1. Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
2. Frost, May (Miller) (1954). De Jarnette and Allied Families in America (1699-1954). p. 85.
3. Harvey McGehee Name Supreme Court Justice", Jackson Clarion-Ledger (October 8, 1937), p. 20.
4. "McGehee Harvey obit11051955". Clarion-Ledger. 1965-11-05. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
5. White Violence and Black Response.

Political offices
Preceded by William Henry Cook	Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi 1937–1964	Succeeded by Neville Patterson