Born: 12 January 1950, United States
Died: 19 July 2024
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Sheila Jackson
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JACKSON LEE, Sheila, (mother of Erica Lee Carter), 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.