William E. McIntyre

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]

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]

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]