Jackie Taylor (politician)

{{short description|Oregon politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Jackie Taylor

| birth_date = February 16, 1935

| birth_place = Thomas, Oklahoma

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|07|15|1935|2|16}}

| death_place = Astoria, Oregon

| birth_name = Jacqueline Self

| alma_mater = Boise State University

| office = Member of the
Oregon House of Representatives
from the 31st District

| termstart = 1990

| termend = 2000

| successor = Betsy Johnson

| party = Democratic

}}

Jacqueline S. Taylor (February 16, 1935 – July 15, 2008){{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/hownikan_29.08|title=HowNiKan 29.8 (2008)|website=Archive.org|access-date=15 December 2017|via=Internet Archive}} was an American politician who served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives.

Early life and education

Taylor was born in 1935 in Thomas, Oklahoma to Richard and Bertha (née Murray) Self. A Native American, she was a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Taylor graduated from Boise State University.

Political career

Taylor was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1990,{{cite web|url=http://oregonwinpac.com/ourhistory.htm|title=Our History|website=Oregonwinpac.com|access-date=15 December 2017}} and served until 2000, when she was prevented from running for re-election because of term limits.{{cite web|url=http://tdn.com/news/former-oregon-state-rep-jackie-taylor-dies-at/article_11b0b273-d11a-57ab-bcea-5cbfe3cfacdd.html|title=Former Oregon state Rep. Jackie Taylor dies at 73|website=Tdn.com|access-date=15 December 2017}}{{Cite web|title=Jackie Taylor, 'a tremendous advocate,' died Tuesday; Astoria leaders pay tribute to service|url=https://www.dailyastorian.com/news/jackie-taylor-a-tremendous-advocate-died-tuesday-astoria-leaders-pay-tribute-to-service/article_6c65e1f9-a68d-5fcf-89c0-d71247bbe59f.html|last=WEBB|first=SANDRA SWAIN and PATRICK|website=The Astorian|language=en|access-date=2020-04-30}}

After stepping down from the Oregon Legislature, she was elected to the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal Legislature as the representative from District 8, which includes Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Nebraska.

Personal life

Taylor married Nelson Taylor in May 1952. After graduating from college, the couple lived in Boise, Idaho and Nampa, Idaho before moving to Astoria, Oregon in 1979. They owned and operated Johnson Drug in Warrenton, Oregon.

Taylor died of cancer on July 15, 2008, in Astoria, Oregon.

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