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Mike McKevitt | |
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| Member of theKorean War Memorial Commission | |
| In office 1987–1995 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Counsel atWhite House Energy Policy Office | |
| In office 1973–1974 | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Robert E. Montgomery Jr. |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for theOffice of Legislation | |
| In office 1973–1973 | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | W. Vincent Rakestraw |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromColorado's1st district | |
| In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Byron Rogers |
| Succeeded by | Pat Schroeder |
| District Attorney forDenver, Colorado | |
| In office 1967–1971 | |
| Preceded by | Bert M. Keating |
| Succeeded by | Jarvis W. Secombe |
| Assistant Attorney General forColorado | |
| In office 1958–1967 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Douglas McKevitt October 26, 1928 Spokane,Washington, U.S. |
| Died | September 28, 2000(2000-09-28) (aged 71) Washington, D. C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Occupation | Attorney |
James Douglas "Mike" McKevitt (October 26, 1928 – September 28, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as aU.S. Representative fromColorado from 1971 to 1973.
Born inSpokane, Washington, McKevitt graduated from Grant High School inSacramento, California.He received aB.A. from theUniversity of Idaho (Moscow, Idaho) in 1951, and a law degree from theUniversity of Denver School of Law in 1956.
He was in theUnited States Air Force from 1951 to 1953, rising to the rank of captain.
He was a lawyer in private practice.He served as assistant attorney general, Colorado state attorney general's office from 1958 to 1967.He served as District Attorney,Denver, Colorado from 1967 to 1971, during which time McKevitt became known for prosecuting and harassing Denver's "hippies" and the restaurants where they would eat.[1][2] On August 8, 1969, he seized a print of the 1967 Swedish filmI Am Curious (Yellow) from the Vogue Art Theater in the city, therefore banning it on the basis of it being "obscene and pornographic".[3] The ban lasted sixteen days, during which the film was returned to the theater.[4] The ban was lifted on August 22, 1969, after a judge declared it to be a "prior restraint on the defendants' right to freedom of speech".[5]
McKevitt was elected as aRepublican to theNinety-second Congress (January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973). That year, 20-year incumbentDemocratByron Rogers had been defeated in the primary by a considerably more liberal Democrat, attorney Craig Barnes. Several of Rogers' more conservative supporters threw their support to McKevitt in the general election. The split in the party combined with McKevitt's popularity to allow McKevitt to win by 10,000 votes. However, McKevitt was a conservative Republican in a strongly Democratic district, and he was defeated for reelection to theNinety-third Congress in 1972 by liberal DemocratPat Schroeder.
McKevitt remained in Washington for some time after his brief congressional term, serving as Assistant United States Attorney General, Office of Legislation in 1973, a counsel on energy policy the White House from 1973 to 1974, and a member of the Korean War Memorial Commission from 1987 to 1995.
He died on September 28, 2000, inWashington, D.C. He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery,Arlington, Virginia.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Republican | Mike McKevitt | 84,643 | 51.50% | |||
| Democratic | Craig S. Barnes | 74,444 | 45.30% | |||
| Raza Unida | Salvadore Carpio, Jr. | 5,257 | 3.20% | |||
| Majority | 10,199 | 6.20% | ||||
| Total votes | 164,344 | 100% | ||||
| Republicangain fromDemocratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Democratic | Pat Schroeder | 101,832 | 51.56% | |||
| Republican | Mike McKevitt (incumbent) | 93,733 | 47.46% | |||
| Raza Unida | Maria Pauline Serna | 1,629 | 0.82% | |||
| Socialist Workers | Fern Gapin | 301 | 0.15% | |||
| Majority | 8,099 | 4.10% | ||||
| Total votes | 197,495 | 100% | ||||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||||
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This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromColorado's 1st congressional district 1971–1973 | Succeeded by |
