Ray Vecchio | |
State House: | Mississippi |
District: | 112th |
Term Start: | January 8, 1985 |
Term End: | January 5, 1993 |
Preceded: | Royce Luke |
Succeeded: | John Read |
Birthname: | Raymond Robert Vecchio |
Birth Date: | 15 February 1933 |
Birth Place: | Rochester, New York |
Death Place: | Ocean Springs, Mississippi |
Party: | Democratic |
Branch: | United States Air Force |
Rank: | Major |
Serviceyears: | 1952–1979 |
Battles: | Korean War |
Raymond Robert Vecchio (February 15, 1933 – October 9, 2015) was an American politician who served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993. After being narrowly defeated by Gautier mayor John Read in the 1992 Democratic Party primary election for his state house seat, he worked as a field representative in the office of Congressman Gene Taylor.[1]