Oxley is a suburb of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands. Wolverhampton is an industrial, commercial and university city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands, traditionally part of the county of Staffordshire. ... The West Midlands refers to western area of The Midlands (central England). ...
It is the location of a railway depot, current used by Virgin Trains to service its fleet for services on the West Coast Main Line. Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. ... The WCML at Rugby The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important intercity railway lines in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ...
A member of the Lutheran church, Oxley was born in Findlay, Ohio and received a bachelor of arts degree from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) in 1966 and a law degree from Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) in 1969.
Oxley served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1972 to 1981.
Oxley was elected a U.S. representative in 1980 in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of U.S. Rep. Tennyson Guyer and began serving in 1981 (97th Congress).