Bill Markham

{{Short description|American politician (1922–2021)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | image_size = 160px | caption = | state = Oregon | state_house = Oregon | district = 46th | term_start = 1969 | term_end = 1999 | predecessor = | successor = | constituency = | state2 = | state_house2 = | district2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | majority = | party = Republican | birth_name = William Edwin Markham | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|10|9}} | birth_place = Chehalis, Washington, US | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|5|1922|10|9}} | death_place = | profession = construction, timber, logging | relations = | alma_mater = University of Washington | spouse = | children = | website = | partner = | branch = | service_years = | rank = | battles = | allegiance = }} '''William Edwin Markham''' (October 9, 1922 – April 5, 2021) was an American politician who was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives. He served from 1969 to 1999 as a Republican.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://library.state.or.us/repository/2011/201101131436324/index.pdf|title=Alphabetical List of Oregon's representatives|website=state.or.us|access-date=11 March 2024|archive-date=July 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724115642/https://library.state.or.us/repository/2011/201101131436324/index.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Markham was a small business owner in the construction, timber and logging industry. He held a business degree from the University of Washington.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oregonvotes.org/pages/history/archive/nov596/voters.guide/SREP/markham.html|title=Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division|publisher=|accessdate=9 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_HYNAAAAIAAJ&q=%22MARKHAM,+WILLIAM+E.%E2%80%94+R+Dist.+46+b***%22|title=Oregon Blue Book|year=1973|publisher=|accessdate=9 October 2014}}</ref> He died at the age of 98 in 2021.<ref>[https://www.nrtoday.com/news/state/oregon_politics/world-war-ii-veteran-and-popular-legislator-bill-markham-has-died-at-98/article_7817aaa1-09e9-5fcd-bec0-73761dc954cc.html World War II veteran and popular legislator Bill Markham has died at 98]</ref>

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