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

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 byDenver D. Hargis
Succeeded byRobert Ellsworth
Member of the Kansas Senate
from the 12th district
In office
January 14, 1957 – January 3, 1961
Preceded byRichard L. Becker
Succeeded byPaul Lamb
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
from the 27th district
In office
January 10, 1949 – 1952
Preceded byErnest E. Woods
Succeeded byT. E. Smith
Personal details
Born(1922-02-19)February 19, 1922
Independence, Kansas, U.S.
DiedSeptember 10, 2014(2014-09-10) (aged 92)
Olathe, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materUniversity of Kansas
Military service
Allegiance United States of America
Branch/service United States Army Air Forces
Years of service1943–1946
Rank Staff sergeant
Battles/wars

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 United States Army Air Force 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). 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 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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Cramer, Richard Ben (1992). What it takes : the way to the White House (1st ed.). New York: Random House. pp. 395–396. ISBN 0-394-56260-7. OCLC 24794262.
  2. ^ "Walter Lewis McVey Jr". cremationcenterkc. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 3rd congressional district

January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
Succeeded by