| Tom Marsh | |
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| Tom Marsh talking with Nancy Ryles, his successor in the Oregon House, in 1979 | |
| Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 5th district |
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| In office 1975–1979 |
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| Preceded by | Lewis Hampton |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Ryles |
| Constituency | Washington County |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Occupation | teacher |
Tom Marsh (b. circa 1940)[1] is a former member of the Oregon House of Representatives, representing portions of Washington County, Oregon, United States. He served two terms, from January 1975 through 1978.
A Democrat, Marsh was first elected to the Oregon Legislature in 1974.[2] Prior to that, he had been president of the Beaverton Education Association.[1] He also was a teacher of history and government at Sunset High School, north of Beaverton.[1] He continued teaching when the Legislature was not in session.[3] In 1975, Governor Robert W. Straub appointed Marsh to a two-year term on the Governor's Committee on Aging.[4]
Tom Marsh was reelected to the House in 1976, but in 1978 decided not to run for a third term.[5] He was succeeded by Nancy Ryles.[6]
The House district represented by Marsh was numbered District 5 at the time (and since 1971), and remained so under Ryles, but became District 7[6] in 1982, as a result of a reapportionment plan passed by the Oregon Legislature in 1981, based on data from the 1980 U.S. Census.
Marsh later served on the Washington County Council on Aging.[7]