Elvin McCary

McCary was born in Anniston, Alabama, the son of Cicero Columbus McCary and Annie Mae Power. He attended Jacksonville State Teachers College, graduating in 1925. After graduating, he attended New York University, earning his bachelor's degree in 1933, which after earning his degree,^[1] he served in the armed forces during World War II.^[2] He was a real estate agent.^[3]

McCary served in the Alabama Senate from 1942 to 1946.^[4] He lost his seat in the Senate, in 1946, when he ran as a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of Alabama.^[5] He received 9,164 votes, but lost in the Democratic primary election to candidate James C. Inzer, who won with 23,537 votes,^[6] which after his losing in the lieutenant gubernatorial election, he served again in the Senate from 1951 to 1955.^[4]

In 1974, McCary ran as a Republican candidate for governor of Alabama. He received 88,391 votes, but lost to Democratic incumbent George Wallace, who won with 497,574 votes.^[7]

McCary died on September 28, 1981, at the Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center in Anniston, Alabama, at the age of 74.^[4]