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

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

McVey was a professor of

McVey was a resident of Olathe, Kansas. He died on September 10, 2014, aged 92.[2]

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