Sheila Jackson Lee

A Representative from Texas. Born in Queens, Queens County, N. Y. , January 12, 1950. Graduated from Jamaica High School, Jamaica, N. Y. , 1968. B. A. , Yale University, New Haven, Conn. , 1972. J. D. , University of Virginia Law School, Charlottesville, Va. , 1975. Lawyer, private practice. Staff counsel, United States House Select Committee on Assassinations, 1977-1978. Member of the Houston, Tex. , city council, 1990-1994. Houston, Tex. , municipal judge, 1987-1990. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourth and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses. Served until her death on July 19, 2024 (January 3, 1995-July 19, 2024). Was a successful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress in 2024, but died before the general election. Died on July 19, 2024, in Houston, Tex. Lay in state in the rotunda of Houston City Hall, Houston, Tex. , July 29, 2024.