Jim Whitty

{{Short description|American politician}}

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| district = 47th

| term_start =1985

| term_end = 1995

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| 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

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| residence =Coquille, Oregon
Coos Bay, Oregon

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James Francis Whitty (September 11, 1931 - November 18, 2015),{{cite web|url=https://www.coosbayareafunerals.com/notices/James-Whitty|title=James Francis Whitty|publisher=Coos Bay Chapel|accessdate=December 3, 2019}} was an American politician who was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives.{{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 }}

He was born in North Bend, Oregon. He attended the University of Portland, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.{{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}}

His wife, Nikki Whitty, née Hungerford, (1945–2011) was county commissioner of Coos County, Oregon.{{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}}