Henry L. Marsh III
| Henry L. Marsh | |
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| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 16th district |
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In office January 8, 1992 – July 3, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Elmon T. Gray |
| Succeeded by | Rosalyn R. Dance |
| 70th Mayor of Richmond, Virginia | |
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In office March 8, 1977 – June 30, 1982 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas J. Bliley Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Roy A. West |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Henry Leander Marsh III December 10, 1933 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Diane Harris |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Richmond, Virginia |
| Alma mater |
Virginia Union University Howard University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Baptist |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1959–1961 |
Henry Leander Marsh III (born December 10, 1933) is an American civil rights lawyer and politician. A Democrat, in 1977 Marsh was elected by the city council as the first African-American mayor of Richmond. He was elected to the Senate of Virginia in 1991, and resigned his seat in 2014. Marsh represented the 16th district, consisting of the city of Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, and parts of the city of Richmond, and Chesterfield and Prince George counties. Marsh is now a commissioner on the Virginia Department of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, a position to which he received appointment from Governor Terry McAuliffe promptly after his departure from the Senate in 2014.
Born in 1933, Henry L. Marsh III was named for his father and grandfather. His mother died when he was only five, and his father had to split up the young family of four children for several years. Marsh was sent to an aunt and uncle who lived in a rural area. While there, he attended Moonfield School, a racially segregated "one-room school with seven grades and one teacher and 78 pupils." His father was able to gather his children together again when Marsh was eleven. He started school in Richmond in fifth grade, attending George Mason Elementary School. Through this period, his father was working and also studying, having gone back to college to earn his degree and showing his children how important education was. In 1952, Henry Marsh graduated with honors from Maggie L. Walker High School, where he was senior class vice-president, president of the student NAACP chapter, and editor of the school newspaper. His brother Harold M. Marsh Sr. (d. 1997) also became a prominent civil rights attorney, and later managing partner of Hill, Tucker and Marsh in Richmond, as well as a local judge.
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