{{Short description|American politician and attorney (1944–2016)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mike Oxley | image = File:Michael Oxley.jpg | office = Chair of the 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 = 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 | 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 (BA)<br />Ohio State University (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 politician and attorney who served as a U.S. representative from the 4th congressional district of Ohio.

==Early life and career == Oxley was born in Findlay, Ohio, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Miami University in 1966 and a Juris Doctor degree from Ohio State University in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miami University Foundation |url=https://www.givetomiamioh.org/s/916/22/landing-int.aspx?sid=916&gid=1&pgid=8768}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seewer |first=-John |last2=Seewer |first2=Associated Press John |last3=Press |first3=Associated |date=2016-01-01 |title=Former Rep. Mike Oxley, co-author of post-Enron law, dies at 71 |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/former-rep-mike-oxley-co-author-of-post-enron-law-dies-at-71 |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=PBS News |language=en-us}}</ref>

==Congress == [[File:Reagan Contact Sheet BW 3260 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Oxley with President Ronald Reagan in 1981]] [[File:President George W. Bush shakes hands with Congressman Mike Oxley.jpg|thumb|left|Oxley with 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 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 Committee on Financial Services, and was House sponsor of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, which enacted "sweeping post-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<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reich |first=Andrew |last2=Hostetler |first2=Baker |last3=Oxley |first3=Michael |last4=Gallagher |first4=Thomas |date=2013-04-18 |title=SEC Issues SOX 402 Guidance |url=https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2013/04/18/sec-issues-sox-402-guidance/ |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance |language=English}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Rep. Mike Oxley dies at 71 – The Pulse |url=https://pulse.findlay.edu/2016/uncategorized/news/former-rep-mike-oxley-dies-at-71/ |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=pulse.findlay.edu}}</ref> 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}}</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 within 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>

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==External links== {{Commons category}} {{CongLinks|congbio=O000163}} * {{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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