- William E. McVey
Infobox Congressman
name=William E. McVey
state=Illinois
district=4th
party=Republican
term=1951 - 1958
preceded=
succeeded=
date of birth=birth date|1885|12|13|mf=y
place of birth=Clinton County, Ohio
date of death=death date and age|1958|8|10|1885|12|13|mf=y
place of death=Washington, D.C.
spouse=Katharine Johnson McVey
current occupation=William Estus McVey, (born on a farm near Lee’s Creek, Clinton County, Ohio,
December 13 1885 and died in Washington D.C.August 10 1958 ) was a Republican member of theU.S. House of Representatives representingIllinois' 4th congressional district from 1951 until his death.He attended public schools; graduated from
Ohio University where he was a member ofPhi Kappa Tau fraternity in 1916 and from theUniversity 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 ofNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools in 1943 and 1944; professor of education atDe 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 is buried in Linwood Cemetery,Galesburg, Illinois .He was married to Katharine Johnson and was a member of the Episcopal Church,
Phi Beta Kappa ,Phi Delta Kappa andPhi Kappa Tau .
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