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{{Short description|American politician and attorney (1944–2016)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Mike Oxley
| image name          = File:Michael Oxley.jpg
| office              = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Financial Services|House Financial Services Committee]]
| term_start          = January 3, 2001
| term_end            = January 3, 2007
| 1blankname          = Speaker
| 1namedata           = [[Dennis Hastert]]
| predecessor         = [[Jim Leach]]
| successor           = [[Barney Frank]]
| state1              = [[Ohio]]
| district1           = [[Ohio's 4th congressional district|4th]]
| term_start1         = June 25, 1981
| term_end1           = January 3, 2007
| preceded1           = [[Tennyson Guyer]]
| succeeded1          = [[Jim Jordan]]
| state_house2        = Ohio
| state2              = Ohio
| district2           = 82nd
| term_start2         = January 3, 1973
| term_end2           = June 25, 1981
| preceded2           = [[Robert D. Schuck]]
| succeeded2          = [[Charlie Earl]]
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| birth_name          = Michael Garver Oxley
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1944|2|11}}
| birth_place         = [[Findlay, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2016|01|01|1944|2|11}}
| death_place         = [[McLean, Virginia]], U.S.
| spouse              = Patricia Ann Oxley
| occupation          = FBI Agent, lawyer
| alma_mater          = [[Miami University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Ohio State University College of Law|Ohio State University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| module              = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Rep. Mike Oxley Opens Debate on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.ogg|title=Oxley's voice|type=speech|description=Oxley, as chair of the [[House Financial Services Committee]], opens debate on the House version of the [[Sarbanes–Oxley Act]]<br/>Recorded April 24, 2002}}
| caption             = Oxley {{circa}} 2001
}}

'''Michael Garver Oxley''' (February 11, 1944 – January 1, 2016) was an American [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician and attorney who served as a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from the [[Ohio's 4th congressional district|4th congressional district]] of [[Ohio]].

==Early life and career ==
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Oxley was born in [[Findlay, Ohio]], and received a [[Bachelor of Arts|Bachelor of Arts degree]] from [[Miami University]] in 1966 and a [[Juris Doctor]] 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.

==Congress ==
[[File:Reagan Contact Sheet BW 3260 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|180px|Oxley with [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1981]]
[[File:President George W. Bush shakes hands with Congressman Mike Oxley.jpg|thumb|left|Oxley with [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] in 2002]]
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 1981 in the [[97th United States Congress|97th Congress]].<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M-FIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h4IMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3380,3299326&dq=michael+oxley+ohio&hl=en Republican squeaks by in 4th District Congressional Race]</ref>

He served as the chairman of the [[United States House Committee on Financial Services|Committee on Financial Services]], and was House sponsor of the [[Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002]], which enacted "sweeping post-[[Enron scandal|Enron]] regulations of publicly traded companies."<ref name=Carney>Carney, Timothy (2010-01-11) [http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/regulate-your-way-riches-michael-oxley Regulate your way to riches: Michael Oxley]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[The Washington Examiner]]''</ref> He was also the House sponsor of a 2006 bill that condemned media outlets that had published information on a covert financial surveillance system.<ref>{{cite news |title=House GOP Chastises Media |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215172231/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/29/AR2006062901904.html |archive-date=2020-12-15 |url-status=live |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/29/AR2006062901904.html}}</ref>

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]].<ref>Files, John(2005-11-2)[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E4DA163EF931A35752C1A9639C8B63  New York Times Ohio Republican To Retire]</ref>

==Post-congressional career==
Following his retirement from Congress, Oxley was named a nonexecutive vice chairman for [[NASDAQ]],<ref>2007-03-15 [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nasdaq-vicechairman-idUSN1542526020070315 (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],</ref> and a partner at the law firm of [[BakerHostetler]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=Carney/> He later became a lobbyist for the [[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]], the "self-regulatory body of the securities industry."<ref>Carney, Timothy (2011-03-22) [http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/03/regulate-your-way-riches-oxleys-new-big-client Regulate your way to riches: Oxley's new big client]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[The Washington Examiner]]''</ref>

Oxley, a non-smoker, was diagnosed with lung cancer around 2006, and became a member of the Lung Cancer Alliance board.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/rep-mike-oxley-dies-helped-create-post-enron-36050492| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160101203455/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/rep-mike-oxley-dies-helped-create-post-enron-36050492| archive-date = 2016-01-01| title = Ex-Rep. Mike Oxley Dies; Helped Create Post-Enron Law - ABC News| website = [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref> He died in [[McLean, Virginia]], on January 1, 2016, from the disease.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/former-rep-mike-oxley-co-author-of-post-enron-law-dies-at-71 Former Rep. Mike Oxley, co-author of post-Enron law, dies at 71], ''[[PBS NewsHour]]''</ref><ref>[http://thecourier.com/ohio-news/2016/01/01/ex-rep-mike-oxley-dies-helped-create-post-enron-law/ Ex-Rep. Mike Oxley Dies; Helped Create Post-Enron Law] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20160122021122/http://thecourier.com/ohio-news/2016/01/01/ex-rep-mike-oxley-dies-helped-create-post-enron-law/ |date=2016-01-22 }}, ''The Courier''</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/01/02/ohioan-was-in-congress-for-25-years.html|title=Mike Oxley died at age 71 after long battle with cancer|access-date=2016-01-02|archive-date=2019-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013144933/https://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/01/02/ohioan-was-in-congress-for-25-years.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Honors==
The Findlay [[post office]] is named for Oxley and the portion of [[U.S. Route 30 in Ohio|U.S. Route 30]] within [[Hancock County, Ohio|Hancock County]] is designated "Congressman Michael G. Oxley Memorial Highway".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/5534.55v1 | title = 5534.55 Congressman Michael G. Oxley Memorial Highway | work = [[Ohio Revised Code]] | publisher = LAW Writer | date = August 5, 2016 | access-date = August 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{ cite news | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=16036D1E0C26D700&p_docnum=6 | title = Poll shows Trump, Clinton tied at 45% in Ohio | newspaper = [[Dayton Daily News]] | last = Heigl | first = Jana | date = October 24, 2016 | access-date = August 28, 2017 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{C-SPAN|6730}}
* [http://www.thebusinessmakers.com/episodes/shows/2007/august/episode-116/michael-oxley-nasdaq.html Interview] on The BusinessMakers Show.

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