# Jim Whitty

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{{Short description|American politician}}
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| state         = Oregon
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| district      = 47th
| term_start    = 1985
| term_end      = 1995
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| party         = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1931|9|11}}
| birth_place   = [North Bend, Oregon](/source/North_Bend%2C_Oregon)
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2015|11|18|1931|9|11}}
| death_place   = [Coquille, Oregon](/source/Coquille%2C_Oregon)
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'''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](/source/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](/source/North_Bend%2C_Oregon). He attended the [University of Portland](/source/University_of_Portland), where he earned a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/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](/source/Coos_County%2C_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](/source/Statesman_Journal) | date = April 26, 2011}}</ref>

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Category:1931 births
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Category:Democratic Party members of the Oregon House of Representatives
Category:People from Coos Bay, Oregon
Category:University of Portland alumni
Category:County commissioners in Oregon
Category:People from North Bend, Oregon
Category:People from Coquille, Oregon
Category:20th-century members of the Oregon Legislative Assembly

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