Roy H. McVicker
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Born | Roy Harrison McVicker February 20, 1924 Edgewater, Colorado |
Died | September 15, 1973 (aged 49) |
Political party | Democratic |
Roy Harrison McVicker (February 20, 1924 – September 15, 1973) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.[1]
Early life and education
Born in
World War II
During the Second World War, he served in the United States Navy in the Southwest Pacific.[1]
Career
He served as assistant professor in psychology at
He was admitted to the bar in New York in 1950, and practiced law in Wheat Ridge, Colorado from 1953 to 1964. He served as member of the State senate from 1956 to 64.[1]
Mcvicker was narrowly elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress (January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress.[1]
He was a contract consultant for the Agency for International Development in
Personal life
He married Harriet Ripley and they had one child together, Elizabeth. He adopted Harriet’s children from a previous marriage, William and Theresa. They divorced in 1968. Both Harriet and Roy remarried.[3] He married a woman named Mary.[4]
He died of an incurable spinal column disease at his home in Westminster, Colorado on September 15, 1973.[1][4] Documents from the Boulder Daily Camera are stored at the Carnegie Library in Boulder.[5]
References
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- United States Congress. "Roy H. McVicker (id: M000610)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- ^ Congress, United States; Michael, W. H. (1965). Official Congressional Directory. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 24.
- ^ "Roy H. McVicker family". Carnegie Library for Local History. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- ^ a b "Roy McVicker Jr Obituary". Fort Collins Coloradoan. September 18, 1973. p. 17. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- ^ "Roy McVicker printed materials [1940]-1973". Carnegie Library for Local History. Retrieved February 3, 2020.