Early Life, Education and Career
McIntyre is a lifelong resident of Lumberton. His father, the optometrist Douglas McIntyre, was a city councilman. Earlier relatives were prominent members of the Robeson County bar. As high school "student body president-elect" he met and/or interned for 7th District Congressman Charlie Rose, whom he would replace upon the latter's retirement in 1997. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead Scholar, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa as a political science major in 1978 and received his Juris Doctor in 1981. McIntyre practiced as an attorney until his election to Congress. He also served on a variety of law and economics related councils in eastern North Carolina.
Viewed as one of the most socially conservative Democrats in Congress, McIntyre is considered the "most powerful and effective leader," political or otherwise, in southeastern North Carolina. He was the co-author of the tobacco buyout bill that became law and has pumped almost $4 billion into the North Carolina economy.
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