# Bill Markham

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{{Short description|American politician (1922–2021)}}
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| state         = Oregon
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| district      = 46th
| term_start    = 1969
| term_end      = 1999
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| birth_name    = William Edwin Markham
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1922|10|9}}
| birth_place   = [Chehalis, Washington](/source/Chehalis%2C_Washington), US
| death_date    = {{death date and age|2021|4|5|1922|10|9}}
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| profession    = construction, timber, logging
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'''William Edwin Markham''' (October 9, 1922 – April 5, 2021) was an American politician who was a member of the [Oregon House of Representatives](/source/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](/source/timber) and [logging](/source/logging) industry. He held a business degree from the [University of Washington](/source/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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Category:20th-century members of the Oregon Legislative Assembly

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