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Senate Years of Service: 1959-1977 Party: Democrat
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McGEE, Gale William, a Senator from Wyoming; born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebr., March 17,
1915; attended public schools; graduated from Nebraska State Teachers College at Wayne in 1936,
University of Colorado at Boulder in 1939; earned a graduate degree from the University of Chicago
in 1947; professor of American history at Crofton (Nebr.) High School 1936-1937, Kearney (Nebr.)
High School 1937-1940, Nebraska Wesleyan University 1940-1943, Iowa State College of
Agricultural and Mechanical Arts 1943-1944, University of Notre Dame 1944-1945, University of
Chicago 1945-1946, and University of Wyoming 1946-1958; legislative assistant to Senator Joseph
C. OMahoney of Wyoming in 1955 and 1956; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in
1958; reelected in 1964 and 1970 and served from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1977;
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976; chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
(Ninety-first through Ninety-fourth Congresses); specialized in problems of appropriations and foreign
relations and served on subcommittees in these areas; representative to the Organization of American
States; president and founder of Gale W. McGee Associates, Washington, D.C.; senior consultant,
Hill and Knowlton, Inc. 1987-1989; was a resident of Bethesda, Md., until his death on April 9,
1992; interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
BibliographyScribner Encyclopedia of American Lives; McGee, Gale. A China Policy for the United States. South Atlantic Quarterly 76 (Autumn 1977): 424-37; McGee, Gale. The Responsibilities of World Power. Washington, D.C.: National Press, 1968.
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