Priscilla A. Wooten

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Priscilla A. Wooten

|image =

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|office1 = Member of the New York City Council
from the 42nd district

|term_start1 = January 1, 1992

|term_end1 = December 31, 2001

|predecessor1 = District created

|successor1 = Charles Barron

|office2 = Member of the New York City Council
from the 24th district

|term_start2 = January 1, 1983

|term_end2 = December 31, 1991

|predecessor2 = Leon A. Katz

|successor2 = Morton Povman

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|3|31}}

|birth_place = Aiken, South Carolina

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|2|15|1936|3|31}}

|death_place = Brooklyn, New York City, New York

|party = Democratic

}}

Priscilla A. Wooten (March 31, 1936 – February 15, 2017) was an American politician who served in the New York City Council from 1983 to 2001.{{cite web|author=Somini Sengupta |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/29/nyregion/after-victory-comes-dirty-politics.html |title=After Victory Comes 'Dirty' Politics |work=The New York Times |date=1996-09-29 |accessdate=2019-01-16}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/24/opinion/first-punish-the-candidates.html |title=First, Punish the Candidates |work=The New York Times |date=1997-08-24 |accessdate=2019-01-16}}

In 1997, Wooten was the first African-American to endorse Mayor Rudy Giuliani's ultimately successful re-election campaign.

She died on February 15, 2017, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York at age 80.{{cite web|author=Leonard Greene |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/brooklyn-councilwoman-priscilla-wooten-dead-age-80-article-1.2977050 |title=Former Brooklyn Councilwoman Priscilla Wooten dead at age 80 |publisher=NY Daily News |date=2017-02-20 |accessdate=2019-01-16}}