John O. Marsh Jr. | |
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14th United States Secretary of the Army | |
In office January 30, 1981 – August 14, 1989 | |
President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Percy Pierre (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Michael P. W. Stone |
Counselor to the President | |
In office August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977 Serving with Robert Hartmann, Rogers Morton | |
President | Gerald Ford |
Preceded by | Anne Armstrong Dean Burch Kenneth Rush |
Succeeded by | Edwin Meese (1981) |
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs | |
In office April 17, 1973 – February 15, 1974 | |
President | Richard Nixon |
Preceded by | Rady A. Johnson |
Succeeded by | John M. Maury |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 7th district | |
In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971 | |
Preceded by | Burr Harrison |
Succeeded by | Kenneth Robinson |
Personal details | |
Born | Winchester, Virginia, U.S. | August 7, 1926
Died | February 4, 2019 Raphine, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 92)
Political party | Democratic (Before 1980s) Republican (1980s–2019) |
Education | Washington and Lee University (LLB) |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1944–1947 (Active) 1947–1951 (Reserve) 1951–1976 (Guard) |
Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Unit | United States Army Reserve Army National Guard |
Battles/wars | Allied-occupied Germany Vietnam War |
John Otho Marsh Jr. (August 7, 1926 – February 4, 2019) was an American politician and an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law.[1][2][3] He served as the United States Secretary of the Army from 1981 to 1989, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia from 1963 to 1971.[1][4]