Walter Lewis McVey, Jr.

Walter Lewis McVey, Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 3rd district
In office
January 3, 1961  January 3, 1963
Preceded by Denver D. Hargis
Succeeded by Robert Fred Ellsworth
Member of the Kansas Senate
In office
1957-1960
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
In office
1949-1952
Personal details
Born (1922-02-19)February 19, 1922
Independence, Kansas, U.S.
Died September 10, 2014(2014-09-10) (aged 92)
Olathe, Kansas, U.S.
Political party Republican
Alma mater University of Kansas

Walter Lewis McVey, Jr. (February 19, 1922 – September 10, 2014) was a United States Representative from Kansas.

Born in Independence, Kansas, McVey was educated in the public schools and graduated from high school in 1940. He attended Independence Junior College for two years and graduated from the University of Kansas with an A.B. in 1947 and a J.D. in 1948. He was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Independence.

During World War II, McVey served in the Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946 and was discharged as a staff sergeant. He served as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 1949 until 1952, as judge of the city court of Independence from 1952 until 1956, and as a member of the Kansas Senate from 1957 until 1960. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for the Eighty-third Congress in 1952.

McVey was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh Congress (January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963) but was unsuccessful in his bid for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress.

Following his Congressional stint, McVey worked as a management consultant in Washington, D.C. from 1963 until 1964 and as executive director of the Fulton County, Georgia, Republican Party from June 1964 until September 1965. He served as staff counsel to the Georgia Municipal Association from November 1965 until April 1966. He was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1965 and commenced the practice of law in Atlanta.

McVey was a professor of political science at Georgia State University in Atlanta from 1968 until 1980 and at Mercer University in Atlanta from 1971 until 1973. He was also evening dean of DeKalb College in Dunwoody from 1968 until 2001.

McVey was a resident of Olathe, Kansas. He died on September 10, 2014, aged 92.[1]

References

  1. "Walter Lewis McVey, Jr". cremationcenterkc. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Denver D. Hargis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 3rd congressional district

January 3, 1961 January 3, 1963
Succeeded by
Robert F. Ellsworth
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