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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—WyomingMcGEE, Gale William
(1915—1992)
Senate Years of Service:
1959-1977
Party:
Democrat
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. O’Mahoney 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.
Bibliography
Scribner 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.
McGee, Gale W. “After Panama: Some Lessons and Opportunities in the Aftermath of the Canal Treaties Debate.” South Atlantic Quarterly
78 (Winter 1979): 1-16.
___. “A China Policy for the United States.” South Atlantic Quarterly
76 (Autumn 1977): 424-37.
___. “The Economic Effects of the Stamp Act on England.” Master’s thesis, University of Colorado, 1939.
___. “Executive Power in Foreign Policy-Making: Expansion or Curtailment?” Capitol Studies
1 (Fall 1972): 3-8.
___. “The Founding Fathers and Entangling Alliances.” Ph.D. dissertation, University of Chicago, 1947.
___. “Is the Midwest Really Isolationist?” In The Midwest: Myth or Reality?
, edited by Thomas T. McAvoy, pp. 43-50. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1961.
___. “The Monroe Doctrine—A Stopgap Measure.” Mississippi Valley Historical Review
38 (June 1951-March 1952): 233-50.
___. “The President and the Senate in Foreign Policy.” In The Virginia Papers on the Presidency
, vol. 15, edited by Kenneth W. Thompson, pp. 83-93. White Burkett Miller Center Forums, 1983, part 4. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1983.
___. The Responsibilities of World Power
. Washington: National Press, 1968.
___. “A U.S. Perspective.” In U.S. Policies toward Mexico: Perceptions and Perspectives
, edited by Richard D. Erb and Stanley R. Ross, pp. 40-45. Washington: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1979.
___. “What Irrigation Means to Wyoming.” Journal of the West
7 (January 1968): 6-9.
___. “Why We Should Ratify the Panama Canal Treaties.” Orbis
21 (Fall 1977): 535-45.
McGee, Gale W., and John Buchanan. “A Fourth Branch of Government: A Conversation between John Buchanan and Gale McGee.” Kettering Review
(Fall 1987): 33-43.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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