Victor Veysey | |
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| 1st Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) | |
| In office March 1975 – January 1977 | |
| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Michael Blumenfeld |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California | |
| In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1975 | |
| Preceded by | John V. Tunney |
| Succeeded by | James F. Lloyd(redistricting) |
| Constituency | 38th district(1971–73) 43rd district(1973–75) |
| Member of theCalifornia State Assembly from the75th district | |
| In office January 7, 1963 – January 3, 1971 | |
| Preceded by | Richard T. Hanna |
| Succeeded by | Raymond T. Seeley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Victor Vincent Veysey (1915-04-14)April 14, 1915 Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1] |
| Died | February 13, 2001(2001-02-13) (aged 85) Hemet, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Riverview Cemetery Brawley, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Janet Donaldson (m. 1940) |
| Children | 4 |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service |  United States Navy |
| Battles/wars | World War II] |
Victor Vincent Veysey (April 14, 1915 – February 13, 2001) was an AmericanRepublican politician who represented California in theUnited States House of Representatives for two terms from 1971 to 1975. From 1975 to 1977, he served as Assistant Secretary of the Army under PresidentGerald Ford.
Born in 1915 in Los Angeles, California, Veysey grew up inBrawley andEagle Rock, graduating fromEagle Rock High School.[2] He received aBS incivil engineering fromCaltech in 1936 and anMBA fromHarvard University in 1938.[2] He also did graduate work atStanford University.[1]
Veysey was a professor at Caltech from 1938 to 1940 and from 1941 to 1946, and at Stanford University from 1940 to 1941.
He subsequently moved to theImperial Valley where he farmed.
He became a member of theBrawley School Board in 1955, a member of the Imperial Valley College Board in 1960 and a member of theU.S. Department of Agriculture Advisory Commission in 1959.
In 1962 Veysey was elected to theCalifornia State Assembly for the 75th district serving from 1963 to 1971.[3]
In 1970 he was elected toCongress and reelected in 1972. He was a delegate to the1972 Republican National Convention. In the Watergate year of 1974, he was narrowly defeated by DemocraticWest Covina MayorJames F. Lloyd.
Between 1975 and 1977 he wasAssistant Secretary for Civil Works for theU.S. Army.
In 1983, he was Secretary for Industrial Relations for the State of California.
Veysey died in 2001 while living inHemet and is buried at Riverview Cemetery, inBrawley.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Victor Veysey | 87,479 | 49.8 | |||
| Democratic | David A. Tunno | 85,684 | 48.8 | |||
| American Independent | William E. Pasley | 2,481 | 3.4 | |||
| Total votes | 175,644 | 100.0 | ||||
| Republicangain fromDemocratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Victor Veysey (Incumbent) | 117,781 | 62.7 | ||
| Democratic | Ernest Z. Robles | 70,129 | 37.3 | ||
| Total votes | 187,910 | 100.0 | |||
| Republicanwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | James F. Lloyd | 60,709 | 50.3 | |||
| Republican | Victor Veysey (Incumbent) | 60,102 | 49.7 | |||
| Total votes | 120,811 | 100.0 | ||||
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromCalifornia's 38th congressional district 1971–1973 | Succeeded by |
| New district | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromCalifornia's 43rd congressional district 1973–1975 | Succeeded by |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by New Office | Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) March 1975–January 1977 | Succeeded by |
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