Dates in office: November 7, 1933 - April 9, 1935
Born: January 26, 1887
Died: November 15, 1963

Thomas Emmitt “Texas Tom” McGee came to Oklahoma City in the 1920s. A successful cotton oil mill manager in Paris, Texas, McGee eventually entered local politics as a President of the School Board and a trade group executive.  
At the time McGee took office, the City was regaining its footing following the onset of the Great Depression.  Oil production in 1934 surpassed 1933 levels and producers received higher prices.  City banks grew stronger, with $72 million in deposits by March 1934.  As of August 1934 the City owned property valued at $80 million, had $3 million in cash reserves, and had retired $1.65 million of bond debt. Although the Great Depression did not end until the United States entered World War II in 1941, the City had weathered the worst of the economic storm.