Montford McGehee | |
Order: | 2nd |
Office: | North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture |
Term Start: | 1880 |
Term End: | 1887 |
Appointed: | State Board of Agriculture |
Predecessor: | Leonidas L. Polk |
Successor: | John Robinson |
Office2: | Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Caswell County, North Carolina |
Term Start2: | 1864 |
Term End2: | 1864 |
Office3: | Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Person County, North Carolina |
Term Start3: | 1879 |
Term End3: | 1879 |
Office4: | Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Person County, North Carolina |
Term Start4: | 1876 |
Term End4: | 1876 |
Office5: | Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Person County, North Carolina |
Term Start5: | 1872 |
Term End5: | 1872 |
Office6: | Delegate to the North Carolina Constitutional Convention |
Term Start6: | 1865 |
Term End6: | 1866 |
Birth Date: | December 4, 1822 |
Birth Place: | Person County, North Carolina |
Death Date: | March 31, 1895 |
Death Place: | Raleigh, North Carolina |
Resting Place: | Oakwood Cemetery |
Party: | Whig, Democratic |
Spouse: | Sally Polk Badger |
Alma Mater: | University of North Carolina, B.A., 1841; M.A. 1844 Harvard Law School |
Children: | Lucius Polk McGehee |
Montford McGehee (December 4, 1822 – March 31, 1895) was a North Carolina politician and farmer who served in the North Carolina General Assembly, and as the second North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture.
McGehee graduated with his bachelor's degrees from the University of North Carolina in 1841, where in 1844, he also received his Master of Arts degree. From 1841 to 1842 McGehee studied law at Harvard Law School. After he left Harvard, McGehee furthered his legal education by reading for the law under the tutelage of North Carolina Judge W.H. Battle, and was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 1844.
On September 25, 1854, McGehee married Sally Polk Badger, daughter of U.S. Senator George Edmund Badger, at Christ Church Raleigh, North Carolina.
McGehee had a son Lucius Polk McGehee who was also a lawyer.
McGehee died on March 31, 1895, at age seventy-three at his home in Raleigh, North Carolina, after a long illness.