William E. McIntyre
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the 5th district
In office
January 1944  January 1948
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Rankin County district
In office
January 1916  January 1920
Personal details
Born(1885-08-16)August 16, 1885
Johns, Mississippi
DiedAugust 1980(1980-08-00) (aged 95)
Political partyDemocrat

William Edward McIntyre (August 16, 1885 - August 1980) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi State Legislature in the early-to-mid 20th century.

Early life

William Edward McIntyre was born on August 16, 1885, in Johns, Mississippi.[1][2][3] He was the son of M. C. McIntyre and Minervia Jane McIntyre.[1] He attended the public schools of Rankin County, Mississippi.[1] He graduated from the University of Mississippi with a L.L. B. in 1910.[1] He began practicing law in Brandon, Mississippi, in the same year.[1]

Political career

From 1911 to 1912, McIntyre was the County Attorney of Rankin County.[1] He was also on Rankin County's board of supervisors for four years before 1916.[1] In November 1915, he was elected to represent Rankin County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives.[1] He served there from 1916 to 1920.[1] While there, he was the chairman of the House's Census and Apportionment committee.[1] He was the member of Mississippi's State Game & Fish Commission starting in 1932, and its chairman for 8 years before 1944.[2] He represented Mississippi's 5th senatorial district in the Mississippi State Senate from 1944 to 1948.[2]

Personal life and death

McIntyre was a Methodist and a member of the Elks, the Masons, and the Knights of Pythias.[1] He died at age 95 in August 1980.[3][4][5] His older son, William Edward Jr., died from a throat malignancy about a week later.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  2. 1 2 3 Mississippi. Legislature (1944-01-01). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1944]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
  3. 1 2 "William Mcintyre in Social Security Death Index". Fold3. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  4. 1 2 "The McIntyre Family". Scott County Times. 1980-09-10. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  5. "William Edward McIntyre". Clarion-Ledger. 1980-08-23. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-11-13.


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