Marc Lincoln Marks (February 12, 1927 – February 28, 2018) was a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Marks served in the

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from 1945 to 1946. He graduated from the

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in 1951, and the

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in 1954, and served as Mercer County Solicitor (

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) from 1960 to 1966. In the

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, Marks defeated the Pennsylvania six-term Democratic incumbent Joseph Vigorito with an 11% margin, one of eight Democrats unseated nationwide. He defeated Vigorito again in the 1978 election with a 26% margin, and

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David C. DiCarlo in 1980 by 120 votes. A serious back ailment led him to not seek re-election for a fourth term in 1982. This decision prompted a

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to the House of Representatives in March 1982, before House Speaker

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, in which he brought into question his own support of Reaganite policies, that, he argued, had an undue emphasis on

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, and had caused distress to those to whom he defined as "disadvantaged". Prior to leaving Congress,

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talked to Marks and considered him as a running mate, during Connally's failed 1980 Presidential bid. In a letter to ''

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'' he defended his position in voting for contempt proceedings against

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. His letter to ''

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'' criticized what he saw as the Times' editorial board's irresponsibility in criticizing public officials, and apparent lack of knowledge of the plight of unemployed citizens. In 1994,

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nominated Marks as Commissioner of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.White House press release
(President William Jefferson Clinton, The White House, July 6, 1994, retrieved March 2, 2011 He died at the age of 91 in 2018.Marc L. Marks' obituary
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The Spokes-man Review
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