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Wayne Hays (Wayne Levere Hays) was born on 13 May, 1911 in Bannock, Ohio, U.S., is a Disgraced American Congressman (1911–1989). Discover Wayne Hays's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

Popular As Wayne Levere Hays
Occupation miscellaneous
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 13 May, 1911
Birthday 13 May
Birthplace Bannock, Ohio, U.S.
Date of death 10 February, 1989
Died Place Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1911

Wayne Levere Hays (May 13, 1911 – February 10, 1989) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative of Ohio, in the Democratic Party, from 1949 to 1976.

He resigned from Congress after a much-publicized sex scandal.

Hays was born in Bannock, Ohio, the son of Bertha Taylor and Walter L. Hays.

1933

He graduated from Ohio State University in 1933.

1939

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

1941

He 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.

"While his colleagues might have argued over whether he, as chairman of the House Administrative Committee and the Democratic Campaign Committee, was the second or third most powerful member of Congress, few disagreed that he stood in a class by himself as the meanest man in the House."

1945

Starting in 1945 he served a four-year term as Commissioner of Belmont County.

1948

Hays, a Democrat, was elected to the 81st Congress in 1948, and was subsequently elected to thirteen succeeding Congresses.

He was chairman of the powerful Committee on House Administration.

1970

In the mid-1970s, lawmakers avoided crossing Hays for fear that he would shut off the air conditioning in their offices.

1972

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

1976

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

Hays's strong rule of the House Administration Committee extended to even the smallest items.

In May 1976, the Washington Post broke the story quoting Elizabeth Ray, Hays' former secretary, saying that Hays hired her on his staff, and later gave her a raise as staff of the House Administration Committee for two years, to serve as his mistress.

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.

Ostensibly a secretary, Ray admitted: "I can't type. I can't file. I can't even answer the phone."

She even "let a reporter listen in as the Ohio congressman told her on the phone that his recent marriage (to another former secretary) would not affect their arrangement."

Time Magazine reported, "Liz chose to tell her story after Hays decided to marry Pat Peak and did not invite her. 'I was good enough to be his mistress for two years but not good enough to be invited to his wedding,' she pouted."

Three days later, Hays admitted to most of the allegations on the House floor, denying only "that Miss Ray's federal salary was awarded solely for sexual services. She was not, insisted Hays, 'hired to be my mistress.'" He resigned as chairman of the Committee on House Administration on June 18, 1976, and then resigned from Congress on September 1, 1976.

1977

Marion L. Clark, a Washington Post editor, who was a member of team that reported the sex scandal, was killed September 4, 1977, when she reportedly walked into a moving small private airplane propeller at the airfield of Iosco County Airport, East Tawas, Michigan.

Hays and his first wife had a daughter, Martha Brigitta.

After leaving office, Hays returned to Red Gate Farm, his 300-acre property in Belmont, Ohio, where he bred Angus cattle and Tennessee Walking Horses.

1979

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

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

1989

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.