Jim Marshall /

James Creel "Jim" Marshall (born March 31, 1948) is the former U.S. Representative for Georgia's 8th congressional district, serving from 2003 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 3rd District from 2003 to 2007, is based in Macon and includes much of rural Middle Georgia. The son and grandson of army generals, Marshall was born in Ithaca, New York, but moved frequently during his childhood and graduated from high school in Mobile, Alabama. He entered Princeton University in 1966, but left college in 1968 to enlist in the United States Army. He served in Vietnam as an Airborne Ranger reconnaissance platoon sergeant and earned two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. (Marshall was recently inducted into the Army Ranger Hall of Fame.) He returned to Princeton in 1970 and graduated in 1972. Marshall worked various jobs for two years before entering law school at Boston University, where he earned his J.D. in 1977. He practiced law, taught at Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law in Macon, and from 1995 to 1999 served as mayor of Macon before running for Congress. Marshall is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of