Nancy Buffington

{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Nancy Buffington | image = | state = Washington | state_senate1 = Washington | district1 = 34th | term_start1 = 1975 | term_end1 = 1979 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | birth_name = | birth_date = March 24, 1939 | birth_place = Logan, Utah | death_date = April 15, 2021 | death_place = Seattle | party = Republican | spouse = | children = | education = | occupation = | alma_mater = University of Washington }}

'''Nancy Catherine''' '''R. Buffington''' (March 24, 1939 – April 15, 2021)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nancy Buffington Obituary - Seattle, WA |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/seattle-wa/nancy-buffington-10159526 |access-date=2026-03-19 |website=Dignity Memorial |language=en-us}}</ref> was an American politician.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nancy R. Buffington |url=https://web.leg.wa.gov/WomenInTheLegislature/Members/MemberBios/BuffingtonN_1975.pdf |website=leg.wa.gov/WomenInTheLegislature}}</ref> She was a Republican, representing District 34 in the Washington State Senate which included parts of King County, from 1975 to 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nancy Buffington |url=https://web.leg.wa.gov/WomenInTheLegislature/Members/BuffingtonNR.htm |access-date=2026-03-19 |website=web.leg.wa.gov}}</ref> Born in Utah, she converted from Mormonism to Catholicism when she moved to Seattle.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nancy C. Buffington, PhD Obituary {{!}} Seattle Times |url=https://obituaries.seattletimes.com/obituary/nancy-buffington-phd-1082192739 |access-date=2026-03-19 |website=obituaries.seattletimes.com |language=en}}</ref> She authored and published "Critical Choices" in 1990 about supporting a loved one through a liver transplant and wrote her autobiography in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nancy C. Buffington |url=https://obituaries.seattletimes.com/obituary/nancy-buffington-phd-1082192739/ |website=Seattle Times}}</ref>

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