Dan R. McGehee

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 Mississippi from 1935 to 1947.

Biography 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.

Early career 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,

Personal life McGeHee was the father of actress Gloria McGehee.

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.