Victor Veysey
Victor Veysey | |
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| 1st Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) | |
| In office March 1975 – January 1977 | |
| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Michael Blumenfeld |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California | |
| In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1975 | |
| Preceded by | John V. Tunney |
| Succeeded by | James F. Lloyd (redistricting) |
| Constituency | 38th district (1971–73) 43rd district (1973–75) |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 75th district | |
| In office January 7, 1963 - January 3, 1971 | |
| Preceded by | Richard T. Hanna |
| Succeeded by | Raymond T. Seeley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Victor Vincent Veysey April 14, 1915 Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1] |
| Died | February 13, 2001 (aged 85) Hemet, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Riverview Cemetery Brawley, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Janet Donaldson (m. 1940) |
| Children | 4 |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service |  United States Navy |
| Battles/wars | World War II] |
Victor Vincent Veysey (April 14, 1915 – February 13, 2001) was an American Republican politician who represented California in the United States House of Representatives for two terms from 1971 to 1975. From 1975 to 1977, he served as Assistant Secretary of the Army under President Gerald Ford.
Education
[edit]Born in 1915 in Los Angeles, California, Veysey grew up in Brawley and Eagle Rock, graduating from Eagle Rock High School.[2] He received a BS in civil engineering from Caltech in 1936 and an MBA from Harvard University in 1938.[2] He also did graduate work at Stanford University.[1]
Career
[edit]Veysey was a professor at Caltech from 1938 to 1940 and from 1941 to 1946, and at Stanford University from 1940 to 1941.
He subsequently moved to the Imperial Valley where he farmed.
Commissions and school boards
[edit]He became a member of the Brawley School Board in 1955, a member of the Imperial Valley College Board in 1960 and a member of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Advisory Commission in 1959.
State senate
[edit]In 1962 Veysey was elected to the California State Assembly for the 75th district serving from 1963 to 1971.[3]
Congress
[edit]In 1970 he was elected to congress and reelected in 1972. He was a delegate to the 1972 Republican National Convention. In the Watergate year of 1974, he was narrowly defeated by Democratic West Covina Mayor James F. Lloyd.
Ford administration
[edit]Between 1975 and 1977 he was Assistant Secretary for Civil Works for the U.S. Army.
In 1983, he was Secretary for Industrial Relations for the State of California.
Death
[edit]Veysey died in 2001 while living in Hemet and is buried at Riverview Cemetery, in Brawley.
Electoral history
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Victor Veysey | 87,479 | 49.8 | |||
| Democratic | David A. Tunno | 85,684 | 48.8 | |||
| American Independent | William E. Pasley | 2,481 | 3.4 | |||
| Total votes | 175,644 | 100.0 | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Victor Veysey (Incumbent) | 117,781 | 62.7 | ||
| Democratic | Ernest Z. Robles | 70,129 | 37.3 | ||
| Total votes | 187,910 | 100.0 | |||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | James F. Lloyd | 60,709 | 50.3 | |||
| Republican | Victor Veysey (Incumbent) | 60,102 | 49.7 | |||
| Total votes | 120,811 | 100.0 | ||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Veysey, Victor Vincent, (1915 - 2001)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ^ a b "Victor V. Veysey". Oral History Project (Interview). Interviewed by Shirley K. Cohen. California Institute of Technology. February 4, 1994. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ^ "Join California - Victor Veysey". joincalifornia.com.
- ^ "1970 election results" (PDF).
- ^ "1972 election results" (PDF).
- ^ 1974 election results
External links
[edit]- United States Congress. "Victor Veysey (id: V000093)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1915 births
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- California Institute of Technology alumni
- California Institute of Technology faculty
- Harvard Business School alumni
- Republican Party members of the California State Assembly
- School board members in California
- People from Hemet, California
- Politicians from Los Angeles
- Stanford University alumni
- Stanford University faculty
- Ford administration personnel
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California
- 20th-century American politicians
- People from Brawley, California
- United States Navy personnel of World War II