Mike Oxley

Michael Garver Oxley (born February 11, 1944) is an American politician of the Republican party who serves as a U.S. representative from the Fourth Congressional District (map) of Ohio. A member of the Lutheran church, Oxley was born in Findlay, Ohio and received a bachelor of arts degree from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) in 1966 and a law degree from the Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) in 1969.

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February 11 - 1944 - American - Republican party - U.S. representative - Ohio - Findlay, Ohio - Miami University - Ohio State University

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From 1969 to 1972, Oxley worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and became active in the Ohio Republican Party, serving as a delegate numerous times in the 1970s. He also served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1972 to 1981, and was elected a U.S. representative in 1980 in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of U.S. Rep. Tennyson Guyer and began serving in 1981 (97th Congress).

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Federal Bureau of Investigation - Ohio House of Representatives - Tennyson Guyer

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Before and during his tenure in Congress, Oxley represented Ohio as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1976 and 1984. He is currently the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, and was co-sponsor to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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