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 West.H. Battle, and was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 1844.
