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Line 24: Marks served in the [[United States Army Air Corps]] from 1945 to 1946. He [[graduated]] from the [[University of Alabama]] in 1951, and the [[University of Virginia]] at [[Charlottesville, Virginia]] in 1954, and served as [[Mercer County, Pennsylvania\|Mercer County]] Solicitor ([[district attorney]]) from 1960 to 1966.<ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/marks.html jewishvirtuallibrary.org: short biography], retrieved 2 March 2011</ref> In the [[United States House of Representatives elections, 1976\|1976 United States House of Representatives Elections]], Marks defeated the Pennsylvania six-term [[Democratic Party (United States)\|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 [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives\|state Representative]] [[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.<ref>[~~http~~https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19820316&id=cd0RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4u4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6310,202273 The Spokesman Review], retrieved 2 March 2011</ref> This decision prompted a [[speech]] to the House of Representatives in March 1982, before House Speaker [[Tip O'Neill]], in which he brought into question his own support of Reaganite policies, that, he argued, had an undue emphasis on [[military spending]], and had caused distress to those to whom he defined as "disadvantaged".<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953370,00.html Barbed Farewell], ''Time'' magazine, 22 March 1982, retrieved 2 March 2011</ref> Prior to leaving Congress, [[John B. Connally]] talked to Marks and considered him as a running mate, during Connally's failed 1980 Presidential bid.<ref>~~http~~https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19790425&id=1CJMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2808,2844310</ref> In a letter to ''[[Time Magazine]]'' he defended his position in voting for contempt proceedings against [[James G. Watt]], [[United States Secretary of the Interior\|Secretary of the Interior]].<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953405-3,00.html Letters], ''Time'', 29 March 1982, retrieved 2 March 2011</ref> His letter to ''[[The New York Times]]'' 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.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/26/opinion/l-americans-at-the-brink-of-street-protests-036526.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/D/Demonstrations%20and%20Riots New York Times: Letters 26 July 1982]</ref> Line 37: ==External links== {{CongBio\|M000136}} * [~~http~~https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19820316&id=cd0RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4u4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6310,202273 The Spokes-man Review], retrieved 2 March 2011 * [http://www2.sharonherald.com/localnews/recentnews/0304/ln042303b.html The Herald, Sharon P.A.], retrieved 2 March 2011, retrieved 2 March 2011 * [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_20050229/ai_mark01018948/ Business Publications: Global Network Privacy], retrieved 2 March 2011

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