Han var politiker tilknyttet det demokratiske parti, og var president for Utah State Senate fra 1965 til 1966.[2] Det advokatformaet han opprettet var delstaten Utahs største.
Han forfattet en rekke bøker med tematikk knyttet til mormonske temaer.
McConkie gjorde tjeneste i en rekke kall i Mormonkirken, som biskop,[3]stake president,[4] misjonspresident i Arizona,[5] og reginosrepresentant.[2]
McConkie jr. døde 2. november 2020 av covid-19 i en alder av 94 år.[6][7]
Verker
McConkie, Oscar W., Jr. (1962). The Kingdom of God: A Study Course for Priests Under 21 and Bearers of the Aaronic Priesthood Over 21 Years Old in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 1963. [Prepared under the direction of the Presiding Bishopric]. Salt Lake City, Utah: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.CS1-vedlikehold: Flere navn: forfatterliste (link)
—— (1963). God and Man: A Study Course for Priests Under 21 and Bearers of the Aaronic Priesthood Over 21 years Old in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 1964. Salt Lake City, Utah: Presiding Bishopric of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
—— (1964). The Priest in the Aaronic Priesthood: A Study Course for the Priests and Aaronic Priesthood-Adults in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 1965. Salt Lake City, Utah: Presiding Bishopric of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.