Marshall Arthur Rauch (born February 2, 1923) is an American retired politician in the state of
North Carolina.
Biography
A native of New York City, Rauch was born there to Nathan A. and Tillie (Wohl) Rauch. He attended
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
. Rauch moved to
Gastonia in
Gaston County, North Carolina, where he was involved in many county, civic and community organizations. In the 1950s and early 1960s, Rauch served on the Gastonia City Council with stints as mayor pro tempore. He married Jeanne Girard in 1946 and has five children. Rauch also owned
Rauch Industries Inc. a Christmas ornament company in
Gaston County, North Carolina from 1954 to 1998.
In 1967, he was elected to the
North Carolina State Senate
The North Carolina Senate is the upper chamber of the North Carolina General Assembly, which along with the North Carolina House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprises the state legislature of North Carolina. The term of office for e ...
, representing the 25th district. He served until 1990. Rauch still is the longest-serving Jewish senator in North Carolina history.
In 2013, Rauch was honored by the Gaston County Community Foundation. There is a section of
Interstate 85 designated the Senator Marshall Arthur Rauch Highway near Gastonia that is named after him.
Rauch
turned 100 on February 2, 2023.
References
1923 births
Living people
21st-century American Jews
Democratic Party North Carolina state senators
North Carolina city council members
Politicians from New York City
People from Gastonia, North Carolina
Mayors of places in North Carolina
Duke University alumni
American men centenarians
Jewish American people in North Carolina politics
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