{{short description|American politician}} {{Use American English|date=August 2015}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Tom Throop | image = TomThroop1.jpg | image_size = | office = Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 54th District | term_start = 1979 | term_end = 1987 | predecessor = Sam Johnson | successor = Bob Pickard | constituency = Deschutes and Klamath Counties | party = Democrat | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|4|5}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = The College of Idaho | profession = | spouse = Caryn Talbot Throop | children = Lauren E. Throop, Meredy E. Throop }}
'''Thomas Huling Throop''' (born April 5, 1947) is a former Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He represented District 54 of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1979 to 1987 and then served for eight years as a member of the Deschutes County Commission.
==Early years== Throop graduated from Ontario High School in Ontario, Oregon, in 1965. He attended the College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho, on a golf scholarship, graduating in 1969 with a BA in Education. He earned a master's degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Northern Colorado.
==Political career== In 1978, Throop was elected State Representative for District 54 of Oregon, which included much of Deschutes and Klamath Counties.<ref>http://oppma.oregon.googlepages.com/TheAccomplishmentModelFinalFeb122008.pdf{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> He served as Majority Whip and Chair of the Revenue and School Finance Committee for the House of Representatives for three of his four terms.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=84OHAAAAMAAJ|title=State Legislative Leadership, Committees, and Staff|date=1981|publisher=Council of State Governments.|isbn=978-0-87292-020-0|pages=96|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoeHAAAAMAAJ|title=State Legislative Leadership, Committees, and Staff|date=1985|publisher=Council of State Governments.|isbn=978-0-87292-056-9|language=en}}</ref> He unsuccessfully coordinated efforts to institute a progressive sales tax in Oregon during a prolonged statewide recession, arguing that such a revision to the tax system would provide stability to Oregon's public sector.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Record?q=recTitle:Goldschmidt+And+recNumber:APD%2a&sortBy=recCreatedOn-|title=Oregon Secretary of State|work=state.or.us|accessdate=August 13, 2015}}</ref> He also served on the Environment and Energy Committee and launched several measures relating to Oregon's forests, fisheries, and air quality.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Oversight|first=United States Congress House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gskWAAAAIAAJ|title=Energy Conservation Tax Incentives: Field Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, on Tax Incentives to Maximize the Use of Natural Resources, June 7, 1980--Bend, Oregon, June 9, 1980--Portland, Oregon|date=1980|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|language=en}}</ref> He is regarded{{By whom|date=August 2015}} as an ardent conservationist.
In 1986, Throop was elected as one of three commissioners in Deschutes County, at that time Oregon's fastest-growing county.<ref>{{cite web|title=Voters' Pamphlet- State of Oregon Primary Election May 15, 1990|url=http://www.co.benton.or.us/admin/elections/documents/archives/1990s/e90p/e90p_svp.pdf|url-status=dead|accessdate=2009-04-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718190838/http://www.co.benton.or.us/admin/elections/documents/archives/1990s/e90p/e90p_svp.pdf|archivedate=July 18, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Oregon Land-Use Regulations Debated -- Group Sues State Over Development {{!}} The Seattle Times|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19900416&slug=1066763|access-date=2021-10-12|website=archive.seattletimes.com}}</ref> He concurrently served as a member of the statewide Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC). Throop left Oregon in 1994 to become executive director of the Wyoming Outdoor Council, an environmental education and advocacy non-profit organization.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|last2=|first2=|date=1994-11-14|title=From Oregon to Wyoming|url=https://www.hcn.org/issues/23/679|access-date=2021-10-12|website=www.hcn.org|language=en-us}}</ref> During the fall of 1998, Throop was hired as the executive director of the Equality State Policy Center, a Wyoming good governance watchdog.<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Equality State Policy Center|url=http://www.equalitystate.org/HTML/about.html|url-status=dead|accessdate=2009-04-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730021022/http://www.equalitystate.org/HTML/about.html|archivedate=July 30, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He recently{{When|date=August 2015}} chaired the Wyoming Conservation Voters Education Fund,{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} a grassroots voter education organization benefiting conservation and wildlife.<ref>{{Cite web|title=WCVED Fund – David Prescutti|url=https://www.wcvedfund.org/|access-date=2021-10-12|language=en-US}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Throop, Tom}} Category:People from Deschutes County, Oregon Category:People from Ontario, Oregon Category:Members of the Oregon House of Representatives Category:College of Idaho alumni Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century members of the Oregon Legislative Assembly