Eugene Webb McGehee (March 19, 1929 – April 11, 2014) was an American
judge
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and
politician.
[ ] He served as a
Democratic member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives
The Louisiana House of Representatives (french: link=no, Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 repr ...
.
McGehee was born in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
He attended
Louisiana State University.
In 1960, he was elected to the
Louisiana House of Representatives
The Louisiana House of Representatives (french: link=no, Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 repr ...
, serving until 1972.
McGehee served as the
judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility an ...
for the Louisiana Judicial District Court.
He was awarded the
Armed Forces Reserve Medal and the Louisiana Distinguished Service Medal.
McGehee died in April 2014 at his home in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at the age of 85.
References
1928 births
2014 deaths
Politicians from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives
20th-century American politicians
Louisiana State University alumni
Louisiana state court judges
20th-century American judges
National Guard (United States) officers
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