Mike McKevitt explained

Mike McKevitt
Restingplace:Arlington National Cemetery
Office:Member of the Korean War Memorial Commission
Term Start:1987
Term End:1995
President:Ronald Reagan
Office2:Counsel at White House Energy Policy Office
Term Start2:1973
Term End2:1974
President2:Richard Nixon
Predecessor2:Position created
Successor2:Robert E. Montgomery Jr.
Office3:United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislation
Term Start3:1973
Term End3:1973
Predecessor3:Position created
Successor3:W. Vincent Rakestraw
President3:Richard Nixon
State4:Colorado
District4:1st
Term Start4:January 3, 1971
Term End4:January 3, 1973
Predecessor4:Byron Rogers
Successor4:Pat Schroeder
Office5:District Attorney for Denver, Colorado
Term Start5:1967
Term End5:1971
Predecessor5:Bert M. Keating
Successor5:Jarvis W. Secombe
Office6:Assistant Attorney General for Colorado
Term Start6:1958
Term End6:1967
Birth Name:James Douglas McKevitt
Birth Date:October 26, 1928
Birth Place:Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Death Place:Washington, D. C., U.S.
Party:Republican
Occupation:Attorney

James Douglas "Mike" McKevitt (October 26, 1928 – September 28, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Colorado from 1971 to 1973.

Early life and education

Born in Spokane, Washington, McKevitt graduated from Grant High School in Sacramento, California.He received a B.A. from the University of Idaho (Moscow, Idaho) in 1951, and a law degree from the University of Denver School of Law in 1956.

Military

He was in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1953, rising to the rank of captain.

Career

He was a lawyer in private practice.He served as assistant attorney general, Colorado state attorney general's office from 1958 to 1967.He served as District Attorney, Denver, Colorado from 1967 to 1971, during which time McKevitt became known for prosecuting and harassing Denver's "hippies" and the restaurants where they would eat.[1] [2]

Congress

McKevitt was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-second Congress (January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973). That year, 20-year incumbent Democrat Byron Rogers had been defeated in the primary by a considerably more liberal Democrat, attorney Craig Barnes. Several of Rogers' more conservative supporters threw their support to McKevitt in the general election. The split in the party combined with McKevitt's popularity to allow McKevitt to win by 10,000 votes. However, McKevitt was a conservative Republican in a strongly Democratic district, and he was defeated for reelection to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972 by liberal Democrat Pat Schroeder.

Later career

McKevitt remained in Washington for some time after his brief congressional term, serving as Assistant United States Attorney General, Office of Legislation in 1973, a counsel on energy policy the White House from 1973 to 1974, and a member of the Korean War Memorial Commission from 1987 to 1995.

Death and burial

He died on September 28, 2000, in Washington, D.C. He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.

Notes and References

  1. [Denver District Attorney's Office]
  2. https://extras.denverpost.com/news/news0929j.htm