Marvin Leath

American politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican politician
PlacesUnited States of America
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth6 May 1931, Henderson
Death8 December 2000Arlington County (aged 69 years)
Star signTaurus
The details

Biography

James Marvin Leath (May 6, 1931 – December 8, 2000) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
Born in Henderson, Texas, Leath attended the Rusk County public schools. He graduated from Henderson High School, 1949. He attended Kilgore Junior College. B.B.A., University of Texas, Austin, 1954. He served in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956. Coached football and track, Henderson High School from 1957 to 1959. Business salesman, 1959. Banking, 1962. Officer and director in five Texas banks, and two manufacturing companies. He served as special assistant to United States Representative W.R. Poage from 1972 to 1974.
Leath was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1991). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1990 to the One Hundred Second Congress. He died on December 8, 2000 in Arlington, Virginia.

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