Tom Throop
{{short description|American politician}}
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| name = Tom Throop
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| office = Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 54th District
| term_start = 1979
| term_end = 1987
| predecessor = Sam Johnson
| successor = Bob Pickard
| constituency = Deschutes and Klamath Counties
| party = Democrat
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|4|5}}
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| alma_mater = The College of Idaho
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| spouse = Caryn Talbot Throop
| children = Lauren E. Throop, Meredy E. Throop
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Thomas Huling Throop (born April 5, 1947) is a former Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He represented District 54 of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1979 to 1987 and then served for eight years as a member of the Deschutes County Commission.
Early years
Throop graduated from Ontario High School in Ontario, Oregon, in 1965. He attended the College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho, on a golf scholarship, graduating in 1969 with a BA in Education. He earned a master's degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Northern Colorado.
Political career
In 1978, Throop was elected State Representative for District 54 of Oregon, which included much of Deschutes and Klamath Counties.http://oppma.oregon.googlepages.com/TheAccomplishmentModelFinalFeb122008.pdf{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} He served as Majority Whip and Chair of the Revenue and School Finance Committee for the House of Representatives for three of his four terms.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=84OHAAAAMAAJ|title=State Legislative Leadership, Committees, and Staff|date=1981|publisher=Council of State Governments.|isbn=978-0-87292-020-0|pages=96|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoeHAAAAMAAJ|title=State Legislative Leadership, Committees, and Staff|date=1985|publisher=Council of State Governments.|isbn=978-0-87292-056-9|language=en}} He unsuccessfully coordinated efforts to institute a progressive sales tax in Oregon during a prolonged statewide recession, arguing that such a revision to the tax system would provide stability to Oregon's public sector.{{cite web|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Record?q=recTitle:Goldschmidt+And+recNumber:APD%2a&sortBy=recCreatedOn-|title=Oregon Secretary of State|work=state.or.us|accessdate=August 13, 2015}} He also served on the Environment and Energy Committee and launched several measures relating to Oregon's forests, fisheries, and air quality.{{Cite book|last=Oversight|first=United States Congress House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gskWAAAAIAAJ|title=Energy Conservation Tax Incentives: Field Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, on Tax Incentives to Maximize the Use of Natural Resources, June 7, 1980--Bend, Oregon, June 9, 1980--Portland, Oregon|date=1980|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|language=en}} He is regarded{{By whom|date=August 2015}} as an ardent conservationist.
In 1986, Throop was elected as one of three commissioners in Deschutes County, at that time Oregon's fastest-growing county.{{cite web|title=Voters' Pamphlet- State of Oregon Primary Election May 15, 1990|url=http://www.co.benton.or.us/admin/elections/documents/archives/1990s/e90p/e90p_svp.pdf|url-status=dead|accessdate=2009-04-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718190838/http://www.co.benton.or.us/admin/elections/documents/archives/1990s/e90p/e90p_svp.pdf|archivedate=July 18, 2011|df=mdy-all}}{{Cite web|title=Oregon Land-Use Regulations Debated -- Group Sues State Over Development {{!}} The Seattle Times|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19900416&slug=1066763|access-date=2021-10-12|website=archive.seattletimes.com}} He concurrently served as a member of the statewide Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC). Throop left Oregon in 1994 to become executive director of the Wyoming Outdoor Council, an environmental education and advocacy non-profit organization.{{Cite web|last=|first=|last2=|first2=|date=1994-11-14|title=From Oregon to Wyoming|url=https://www.hcn.org/issues/23/679|access-date=2021-10-12|website=www.hcn.org|language=en-us}} During the fall of 1998, Throop was hired as the executive director of the Equality State Policy Center, a Wyoming good governance watchdog.{{cite web|title=About the Equality State Policy Center|url=http://www.equalitystate.org/HTML/about.html|url-status=dead|accessdate=2009-04-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730021022/http://www.equalitystate.org/HTML/about.html|archivedate=July 30, 2009|df=mdy-all}} He recently{{When|date=August 2015}} chaired the Wyoming Conservation Voters Education Fund,{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} a grassroots voter education organization benefiting conservation and wildlife.{{Cite web|title=WCVED Fund – David Prescutti|url=https://www.wcvedfund.org/|access-date=2021-10-12|language=en-US}}
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Category:People from Deschutes County, Oregon
Category:Politicians from Ontario, Oregon
Category:Members of the Oregon House of Representatives
Category:College of Idaho alumni
Category:20th-century members of the Oregon Legislative Assembly