Walter Lewis McVey Jr. | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromKansas's3rd district | |
| In office January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |
| Preceded by | Denver D. Hargis |
| Succeeded by | Joe Skubitz (redistricting) |
| Member of theKansas Senate from the12th district | |
| In office January 14, 1957 – January 3, 1961 | |
| Preceded by | Richard L. Becker |
| Succeeded by | Paul Lamb |
| Member of theKansas House of Representatives from the 27th district | |
| In office January 10, 1949 – 1952 | |
| Preceded by | Ernest E. Woods |
| Succeeded by | T. E. Smith |
| 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. |
| Party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Kansas |
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| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Branch/service |  United States Army Air Forces |
| Years of service | 1943–1946 |
| Rank |  Staff sergeant |
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Walter Lewis McVey Jr. (February 19, 1922 – September 10, 2014) was aUnited States representative fromKansas.
Born inIndependence, Kansas, McVey was educated in the public schools and graduated from high school in 1940. He attendedIndependence Junior College for two years and graduated from theUniversity of Kansas with anA.B. in 1947 and aJ.D. in 1948. He wasadmitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Independence.
DuringWorld War II, McVey served in theUnited States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946 and was discharged as a staff sergeant. He served as a member of theKansas House of Representatives from 1949 until 1952, as judge of the city court of Independence from 1952 until 1956, and as a member of theKansas Senate from 1957 until 1960. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for theEighty-third Congress in 1952.
McVey was elected as aRepublican to theEighty-seventh Congress (January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963). McVey had an affair with a secretary from his office during the first year of his term, prompting his wife, Rose Mary, to return to Kansas and file for divorce.[1] He was unable to win nomination in 1962 to run for re-election to theEighty-eighth Congress.
Following his Congressional stint, McVey worked as amanagement consultant inWashington, D.C. from 1963 until 1964 and as executive director of theFulton 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 inAtlanta.
McVey was a professor ofpolitical science atGeorgia State University in Atlanta from 1968 until 1980 and atMercer University in Atlanta from 1971 until 1973. He was also evening dean ofDeKalb College inDunwoody from 1968 until 2001.
McVey was a resident of Olathe, Kansas. He died on September 10, 2014, aged 92.[2]
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