Walter L. 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 Ellsworth
Member of the Kansas Senate from the 12th district
In office January 14, 1957 – January 3, 1961
Preceded by	Richard L. Becker
Succeeded by	Paul Lamb
Member of the Kansas 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.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	University of Kansas
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch/service	United States Army Air Forces
Years of service	1943–1946
Rank	Staff sergeant
Battles/wars	World War II

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 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. 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.

References

• United States Congress. "Walter L. McVey Jr. (id: M000608)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.