[3] McNary earned a bachelor of science in finance in 1957 and a law degree in 1960 from Indiana University Bloomington.

[5] In 1984, McNary lost the Republican primary for Governor to Attorney General John Ashcroft.

[6] In 1989, McNary was appointed Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service by President George H. W.

[7] In 1998, he formed a law firm, McNary, Morris & Smalley, that specialized in immigration.

[6] In 2004, McNary ran to become St. Louis County Executive, a position vacated by Buzz Westfall's death.

[8] In 2006, Governor Matt Blunt appointed McNary the Executive Director of the Missouri Gaming Commission.

[9] McNary left his job at the Missouri Gaming Commission when two new Democratic appointees made it possible for him to be removed from his post.