James Francis Whitty (September 11, 1931 - November 18, 2015), was an American politician who was a member of the

Oregon House of Representatives The Oregon House of Representatives is the lower house of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, the upper house being the Oregon State Senate. There are 60 members of the House, representing 60 districts across the state, each with a population of ...

. He was born in

North Bend, Oregon North Bend is a city in Coos County, Oregon, Coos County, Oregon, United States with a population of 9,695 as of the 2010 census.University of Portland The University of Portland (UP) is a private Catholic university in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1901 and is affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross, which also founded UP's sister school, the University of Notre Da ...

, where he earned a

Bachelor of Arts A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...

degree. His wife, Nikki Whitty, née Hungerford, (1945–2011) was county commissioner of

Coos County, Oregon Coos County ( ) is one of the Oregon counties, 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 64,929. The county seat is Coquille, Oregon, Coquille. The county was formed from the ...

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1931 births 2015 deaths Democratic Party members of the Oregon House of Representatives People from Coos Bay, Oregon University of Portland alumni County commissioners in Oregon People from North Bend, Oregon People from Coquille, Oregon 20th-century members of the Oregon Legislative Assembly {{Oregon-politician-stub