Marvin Dawson Mathis (November 30, 1940 – April 17, 2017) was an American newsman and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Georgia from 1971 to 1981.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 1980.

In 1982 he tried to reclaim his old seat in the house but lost to successor Charles Hatcher in the Democratic primary.

Mathis died in April 2017 in Tifton, Georgia, aged 76.

[1] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress