Background
Mcgee, John Franklin was born on January 1, 1861 in Amboy, Illinois, United States. Son of Hugh Henry and Margaret (Heenan) M.
Mcgee, John Franklin was born on January 1, 1861 in Amboy, Illinois, United States. Son of Hugh Henry and Margaret (Heenan) M.
Graduate Amboy High School, 1881. Read law with Honorary Vespasian Warner.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1882, Dakota Ty. bar, 1883, and practiced at Devil’s Lake. Removed to Minneapolis, 1887.
Counsel for C.,G.W. Railway, 1887-1897, and from 1902.
Appointed judge 4th Judicial District of Minnesota, 1897. Elected to same office, 1898, for term of 6 years.
Resigned, 1902, and reëntered private practice, specializing in corporation law. Appointed by governor, 1913, member committee of 30 to formulate plan for more economical and efficient government of Minnesota Federal fuel administrator for Minnesota, October 7, 1917-April 1, 1919.
Member communications of Public Safety, since 1917.
United States district judge, Minnesota, since 1923.
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Married Elizabeth L. Ryan, September 14, 1884.