Mike Oxley
Mike Oxley | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 4th district | |
| In office June 25, 1981 – January 3, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Tennyson Guyer |
| Succeeded by | Jim Jordan |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 82nd district | |
| In office January 3, 1973 – June 25, 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Robert D. Schuck |
| Succeeded by | Charlie Earl |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Garver Oxley February 11, 1944 Findlay, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | January 1, 2016 (aged 71) McLean, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Patricia Ann Oxley |
| Alma mater | Miami University (B.A.) Ohio State University (J.D.) |
| Occupation | FBI Agent, lawyer |
Michael Garver "Mike" Oxley (February 11, 1944 – January 1, 2016) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as a U.S. Representative from the 4th congressional district of Ohio.
Background
Oxley was born in Findlay, Ohio and received a bachelor of arts degree from Miami University in 1966 and a law degree from Ohio State University in 1969. He was a member of the Alpha chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity at Miami.
From 1969 to 1972, Oxley worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and became active in the Ohio Republican Party. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1973 to 1981.
Oxley was elected a U.S. Representative in 1981 in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of U.S. Representative Tennyson Guyer. Oxley began serving at this post in June of 1981 in the 97th Congress.[1]
He served as the chairman of the Committee on Financial Services, and was House sponsor of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which enacted "sweeping post-Enron regulations of publicly traded companies."[2] He was also the House sponsor of a 2006 bill that condemned media outlets that had published information on a covert financial surveillance system.[3]
Oxley announced his retirement from Congress on November 1, 2005, effective at the end of his term in 2007. He was succeeded by Republican Jim Jordan.[4]
Post-congressional career
Following his retirement from Congress, Oxley was named a nonexecutive vice chairman for NASDAQ,[5] and a partner at the law firm of Baker Hostetler in Washington D.C..[2] He later became a lobbyist for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the "self-regulatory body of the securities industry."[6]
Oxley died of lung cancer in 2016, which he had had since 2006.[7][8]
References
- ^ Republican squeaks by in 4th District Congressional Race
- ^ a b Carney, Timothy (2010-01-11) Regulate your way to riches: Michael Oxley, Washington Examiner
- ^ House GOP Chastises Media
- ^ Files, John(2005-11-2)New York Times Ohio Republican To Retire
- ^ 2007-03-15 (Reuters) – Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. (NDAQ.O) on Thursday named former Congressman Michael G. Oxley, co-author of the Sarbanes-Oxley securities legislation, as nonexecutive vice chairman,
- ^ Carney, Timothy (2011-03-22) Regulate your way to riches: Oxley's new big client, Washington Examiner
- ^ Former Rep. Mike Oxley, co-author of post-Enron law, dies at 71, PBS Newshour
- ^ Ex-Rep. Mike Oxley Dies; Helped Create Post-Enron Law, The Courier
External links
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Interview on The BusinessMakers Show.
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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 4th congressional district | ||
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- 1944 births
- 2016 deaths
- FBI agents
- Ohio lawyers
- Members of the Ohio House of Representatives
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
- Miami University alumni
- People from Findlay, Ohio
- Moritz College of Law alumni
- American Lutherans
- Ohio Republicans
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Cancer deaths in Virginia
- Deaths from lung cancer