Roy H. McVicker

Roy Harrison McVicker (born February 20, 1924 in Edgewater , Jefferson County , Colorado , † September 15, 1973 in Westminster , Colorado) was an American politician . Between 1965 and 1967 he represented the second constituency of the state of Colorado in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Roy McVicker attended South Denver High School , the University of Denver , Columbia College, and Columbia Law School , where he graduated from law in 1950. At a young age he was a preacher in a Methodist church. During World War II , McVicker served in the US Navy in the Southwest Pacific. In 1946 and 1947 he worked at Colorado State College as an assistant professor of psychology . From 1950 to 1951 he was a member of the Admiral Nimitz Commission, which dealt with internal security and civil rights issues.

After his admission as a lawyer in 1950, McVicker worked in this profession from 1953 to 1964 in Wheat Ridge . Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1956 and 1964 he was a member of the Colorado Senate . In 1964 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second district of Colorado , where he replaced Donald G. Brotzman from the Republican Party on January 3, 1965 . Since he lost in the 1966 election to Brotzman, McVicker could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1967 . After his tenure in Congress, McVicker worked as a consultant for the Agency for International Development in Denver . After that he was a lawyer again.

Web links

• Roy H. McVicker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Roy H. McVicker in the database of Find a Grave (English)