He attended public schools; graduated from Ohio University where he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity in 1916 and from the University of Chicago in 1919. He was division superintendent in the Bureau of Education, Philippine Islands, 1908-1914; director of extension, Ohio University, 1916-1919; superintendent of Thornton Township High School and Junior College, Harvey, Ill., 1919-1947; president of North Central Association of Colleges and Schools in 1943 and 1944; professor of education at De Paul University 1948-1950; author; elected assessor of Thornton Township in 1949; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses until his death in 1958. He had been renominated to the Eighty-sixth Congress but died before the 1958 elections. He was married first to Elizabeth King who died in 1923 and later to Katharine Johnson. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa and Phi Kappa Tau.
He attended public schools; graduated from Ohio University where he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity in 1916 and from the University of Chicago in 1919. He was division superintendent in the Bureau of Education, Philippine Islands, 1908-1914; director of extension, Ohio University, 1916-1919; superintendent of Thornton Township High School and Junior College, Harvey, Ill., 1919-1947; president of North Central Association of Colleges and Schools in 1943 and 1944; professor of education at De Paul University 1948-1950; author; elected assessor of Thornton Township in 1949; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses until his death in 1958. He had been renominated to the Eighty-sixth Congress but died before the 1958 elections. He was married first to Elizabeth King who died in 1923 and later to Katharine Johnson. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa and Phi Kappa Tau.
Family Members
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Lou Wilbur "Wilbur" McVey
1870–1925
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Ida Olive McVey Johnson
1872–1947
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Maletha "Letha" McVey Rogers
1874–1954
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Keziah McVey Sexton
1875–1951
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James Leroy "Roy" McVey
1877–1950
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Emma Jane "Minnie" McVay Moore
1880–1966
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Christopher Columbus McVay
1883–1958
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Lena Myrtle McVey Snider
1889–1955
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Earl E. McVey
1894–1952
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