{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jim Whitty | image = | image_size = 160px | caption = | state = Oregon | state_house = Oregon | district = 47th | term_start = 1985 | term_end = 1995 | predecessor = | successor = | constituency = | state2 = | state_senate2 = | district2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | majority = | party = Democratic | birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|9|11}} | birth_place = North Bend, Oregon | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|11|18|1931|9|11}} | death_place = Coquille, Oregon | profession = | relations = | alma_mater = | spouse = | children = | website = | partner = | branch = | service_years = | rank = | battles = | allegiance = }} '''James Francis Whitty''' (September 11, 1931 - November 18, 2015),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coosbayareafunerals.com/notices/James-Whitty|title=James Francis Whitty|publisher=Coos Bay Chapel|accessdate=December 3, 2019}}</ref> was an American politician who was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives.<ref>{{citation | url = http://library.state.or.us/repository/2011/201101131436324/index.pdf | title = Alphabetical List of Oregon's Legislators and Related Information, Provisional Government to Present | first = Cecil L. | last = Bailey | year = 1993 | publisher = Legislative Administration Committee, State of Oregon | location = Salem, Oregon | access-date = February 20, 2018 | page = 139 | archive-date = December 10, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201210061201/http://library.state.or.us/repository/2011/201101131436324/index.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>
He was born in North Bend, Oregon. He attended the University of Portland, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rrxmAAAAMAAJ&q=whitty | title = Who's Who in American Politics, Volume 2 | first1 = Paul Anthony | last1 = Theis | first2 = Edmund Lee | last2 = Henshaw | publisher = Bowker | year = 1991 | page = 1378}}</ref>
His wife, Nikki Whitty, née Hungerford, (1945–2011) was county commissioner of Coos County, Oregon.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesmanjournal/obituary.aspx?n=nikki-whitty&pid=150576565 | title = Obituary: Nikki Whitty, 1945 - 2011 | work = Statesman Journal | date = April 26, 2011}}</ref>
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