Background
He was born in 1956 and his original ambition was to become a Navy Pilot.
He was born in 1956 and his original ambition was to become a Navy Pilot.
He enrolled in Naval air training in Pensacola, but was forced to quit after a knee injury. He then entered law school in Bloomington, Indiana, and also entered the Indiana National Guard, where he became a military lawyer and rose to the rank of Colonel. He also ran successfully for the state House of Representatives in 1980 and was reelected two years later.
In 1984, he ran for the United States. House of Representatives against freshman Democrat Frank McCloskey.
However, the Democratic majority refused to seat him, claiming voting irregularities. McIntyre was interested in running for Lieutenant Governor in 1986, but was persuaded to seek a rematch with McCloskey.
By this time, President Ronald Reagan was less popular than in 1984 and McIntyre was outspent. McIntyre lost interest in the national arena and was appointed a Lawrence County Circuit Court Judge in 1988.
He was reelected without opposition in 1990, 1996, and 2002, and served until 2007 when he was found dead in his home at the age of 51 of an apparent suicide amid reports of his possible involvement in a military furniture-buying scandal.
At the time of his death, McIntyre was a member of the Indiana National Guard, 76th Infantry Brigade Combat team, serving as a judge advocate and preparing for deployment to Iraq.