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World War II veteran, Oregon legislator Bill Markham dies at 98
CARISA CEGAVSKE
He died Monday at the age of 98.
Markham served Douglas County and parts of Josephine County as a Republican representative in the Oregon House from 1969 to 1997, a record 14 terms. He stepped down when new term limits barred him from running again, but longtime former Douglas County Commissioner Doug Robertson said Markham was so popular that without term limits he could easily have been reelected as many times as he wanted to be.
He was a good friend and one of the most effective legislators in the state Legislature we ve had, Robertson said. ....

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