Montford McGehee explained

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.

Education

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.

Family life

Marriage

On September 25, 1854, McGehee married Sally Polk Badger, daughter of U.S. Senator George Edmund Badger, at Christ Church Raleigh, North Carolina.

Children

McGehee had a son Lucius Polk McGehee who was also a lawyer.

Death

McGehee died on March 31, 1895, at age seventy-three at his home in Raleigh, North Carolina, after a long illness.

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