Mike Oxley | |
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 Oxleyc. 2001 | |
| Chair of theHouse Financial Services Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007 | |
| Speaker | Dennis Hastert |
| Preceded by | Jim Leach |
| Succeeded by | Barney Frank |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's4th district | |
| In office June 25, 1981 – January 3, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Tennyson Guyer |
| Succeeded by | Jim Jordan |
| Member of theOhio House of Representatives from the82nd district | |
| In office January 3, 1973 – June 25, 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Robert D. Schuck |
| Succeeded by | Charlie Earl |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Garver Oxley (1944-02-11)February 11, 1944 Findlay, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | January 1, 2016(2016-01-01) (aged 71) McLean, Virginia, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Patricia Ann Oxley |
| Alma mater | Miami University (BA) Ohio State University (JD) |
| Occupation | FBI agent, lawyer |
Oxley, as chair of theHouse Financial Services Committee, opens debate on the House version of theSarbanes–Oxley Act Recorded April 24, 2002 | |
Michael Garver Oxley (February 11, 1944 – January 1, 2016) was an AmericanRepublican politician and attorney who served as aU.S. representative from the4th congressional district ofOhio.
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Oxley was born inFindlay, Ohio, and received aBachelor of Arts degree fromMiami University in 1966 and aJuris Doctor degree fromOhio State University in 1969. He was a member of the Alpha chapter of theSigma Chi fraternity at Miami.
From 1969 to 1972, Oxley worked for theFederal Bureau of Investigation and became active in theOhio Republican Party. He served in theOhio House of Representatives from 1973 to 1981.
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Oxley was elected a U.S. Representative in 1981 in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of U.S. RepresentativeTennyson Guyer. Oxley began serving at this post in June 1981 in the97th Congress.[1]
He served as the chairman of theCommittee on Financial Services, and was House sponsor of theSarbanes–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 RepublicanJim Jordan.[4]
Following his retirement from Congress, Oxley was named a nonexecutive vice chairman forNASDAQ,[5] and a partner at the law firm ofBakerHostetler inWashington, D.C.[2] He later became a lobbyist for theFinancial Industry Regulatory Authority, the "self-regulatory body of the securities industry."[6]
Oxley, a non-smoker, was diagnosed with lung cancer around 2006, and became a member of the Lung Cancer Alliance board.[7] He died inMcLean, Virginia, on January 1, 2016, from the disease.[8][9][10]
The Findlaypost office is named for Oxley and the portion ofU.S. Route 30 withinHancock County is designated "Congressman Michael G. Oxley Memorial Highway".[11][12]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's 4th congressional district June 25, 1981 – January 3, 2007 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by Jim Leach Iowa | Chairman of theHouse Financial Services Committee 2001–2007 | Succeeded by Barney Frank Massachusetts |
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