Date Of Birth & Birthplace: 3/31/1948 (Ithaca, NY) Race: White Religion: Catholic Residence: Macon, GA Education: Undergraduate degree from Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; Graduate degree from Boston University, Boston, MA Occupation: Law Professor Office Type:U.S. House -- Georgia District 3
Quarterly Campaign Finance Information
Cash on Hand: $689,329
Total Receipts: $712,300
Total Disbursements: $158,350
Date of Last Report: 6/30/2004
Biography:
Jim Marshall was born in Ithaca, N.Y., and lives in Macon, Ga. The son and grandson of Army generals, Marshall spent his early years moving from one Army post to another.
He won a National Merit Scholarship while attending high school in Mobile, Ala., and began his college work at Princeton University but interrupted his studies to enlist in the Army in 1968, serving as a reconnaissance platoon sergeant in Vietnam.
Marshall returned to Princeton in 1972 after concluding his tour of duty, earning his undergraduate degree and earned a law degree from Boston University Law School in 1977.
A job as law clerk for a federal district judge brought him to Macon, where he became a professor of law at Mercer University. He became active in a variety of civic organizations and political causes and ran successfully for mayor of Macon in 1995.
He did not seek re-election in 1999, choosing to prepare instead for his first congressional campaign in 2000. He lost that race to Republican Saxby Chambliss but won the seat two years later, when Chambliss abandoned the post to run for Senate.
Past Campaigns:
Jim Marshall was elected mayor of Macon in 1995 with 68 percent of the vote but lost his first congressional campaign in 2000 to Saxby Chambliss.
He was elected to the House over Republican Calder Clay in 2002 with 51 percent of the vote.
