Mike Martin (American politician)
{{Short description|American politician (born 1952)}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2012}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Michael Wayne "Mike" Martin
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|nationality=American
|office= Texas State Representative from District 13 (Gregg County)
|party=Republican
|term_start=January 13, 1981
|term_end=April 22, 1982
|preceded=James E. Mankins
|succeeded=James E. Mankins
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1952|3|9}}
|death_date=
|birth_place=
|death_place=
|resting_place=
|occupation=Electrical engineer
|spouse= (1) Debbie Martin (married 1977, divorced 1984)
(2) Richie Martin
|children=From first marriage:
Michael Trent Martin
Arianna Martin ___
Son from second marriage:
Ken Martin
|website={{URL|www.michaelmartinusa.com/}}
|alma_mater=
|branch=United States Air Force (1975-1979)
|footnotes=
}}
Michael Wayne Martin, known as Mike Martin (born March 9, 1952),{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Michael+Wayne&gsln=Martin&mswpn__ftp=Longview%2c+Texas&msbdy=1949&uidh=upc&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=56574480&db=USpublicrecords3&indiv=1&ml_rpos=4&hovR=1|title=Michael W. Martin|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 13, 2015}} is a Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 13 in Longview in Gregg County, Texas. He served from January 1981 until his resignation in April 1982.[http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeleaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=%20520 Texas Legislators Past and Present-Michael W. Martin]
Early life
Martin became a police officer in 1971. He served in the United States Air Force from 1975 through 1979.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
Shooting
{{incomplete|what was he fleeting from, and why?|date=June 2023}}Martin fled, but Texas Rangers eventually apprehended Martin at his mother's farmhouse just outside [[Longview, Texas|
Longview]], where he was found hiding in a stereo cabinet.{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/18958547/|title=Ex-Lawman Again Pursued|last=The Kerrville Times|date=29 December 1987|accessdate=November 11, 2014}}
He pleaded guilty in April 1982 and was convicted of misdemeanor perjury and paid a $2000 fine, though his lawyer said he did not admit staging the shooting.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MTNfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VU8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=6718,4614285|title=Martin pleads guilty, resigns House seat|last=Associated Press|date=23 April 1982|work=The Bonham Daily Favourite|accessdate=7 January 2012}}[http://content.time.com] | Texas Tale | Monday, Sept. 07, 1981 | [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924797,00.html]
Afterward
In the spring of 1982, voters in a special election returned Mankins to the vacant House seat.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YsFHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UoAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=7008,711159|title=Texas Democrats Strengthen Hold on Legislature|last=Associated Press|date=4 November 1982|work=The Victoria Advocate|accessdate=7 January 2012}}
In 1984, he and his wife, Debbie Martin, later of Garland, Texas, divorced.
In July 1986, Martin left with his two children, Michael Trent Martin (born 1978) and Arianna Martin (born 1981) to live and work in Wellington, New Zealand. A federal case was brought over the custody, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation allowed him to return the children to the United States late in 1988.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EDVSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NzYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5230,1188798|title=Ex-legislator Martin brings children to US|last=Associated Press|date=7 January 1989|work=The Victoria Advocate|accessdate=7 January 2012}}{{cite web|last=Toohey|first=Marty|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=118F5451842CA250&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Council hopeful Wayne is ex-Rep. Mike|date=5 May 2007|work=Austin American Statesman|accessdate=September 13, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://michaelmartinusa.com/5173.html|title=Buckshot Short Story|last=Martin|first=Mike|work=Michaelmartinusa.com|accessdate=7 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426091619/http://www.michaelmartinusa.com/5173.html|archivedate=26 April 2012}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070830201642/http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legis/members/roster.cfm Legislature roster] from the Texas Legislative Research Library.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001002413/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924797,00.html "Texas Tale: A shotgun approach to p.r." TIME Monday, Sep. 07, 1981]
- [http://www.texasmonthly.com/preview/1982-01-01/feature Burka, Paul "1982 Texas Monthly Bum Steer Awards"], Texas Monthly (free registration needed, also on [https://books.google.com/books?id=cyoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA111 Google Books]
- [https://www.writing.com/main/portfolio/view/waynemart9025] Essays Written by Mike Martin
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{{succession box
| before=James E. Mankins
| title=Texas State Representative from District 13 (Gregg County)
| years=1981–1982
| after=James E. Mankins
}}
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Category:American police officers convicted of perjury
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