11 Facts About Wayne Hays

Wayne Levere Hays was an American politician who served as a US Representative from Ohio from 1949 to 1976.

Wayne Hays served as mayor of Flushing, Ohio, from 1939 to 1945 and simultaneously served in the Ohio state senate in 1941 and 1942.

Wayne Hays was a member of the Army Officers' Reserve Corps from 1933 until called to active duty as a second lieutenant on December 8,1941, with a medical discharge in August 1942.

Wayne Hays was chairman of the powerful Committee on House Administration.

Wayne Hays received 5 votes for President at the 1972 Democratic National Convention without campaigning for the office.

In 1976, Wayne Hays ran for the party's nomination for President as a favorite son candidate in the Ohio primary.

Wayne Hays had divorced his wife of 38 years just months prior, and married his veteran Ohio office secretary, Patricia Peak, five weeks before the scandal broke.

Wayne Hays was not, insisted Hays, 'hired to be my mistress.

Wayne Hays served one term, from 1979 to 1981, as member of the Ohio House of Representatives.

Wayne Hays was defeated for re-election by future Congressman Bob Ney.

Wayne Hays died at Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia, on February 10,1989, at the age of 77, after suffering a heart attack at his home.