Jane Lawton
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Mayor, Town of Chevy Chase
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| In office 1988 – 1991 |
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| In office 2005 – 2007 |
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| Succeeded by | Alfred C. Carr, Jr. |
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| Constituency | District 18, Montgomery County |
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| Born | May 24, 1944 Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| Died | November 29, 2007 (aged 63) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Steve Lawton |
| Children | Kathleen and Stephanie |
| Residence | Chevy Chase, Maryland |
Jane Lawton (May 24, 1944 – November 29, 2007) was an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. At the time of her death she was serving in her 1st full term in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Maryland's District 18 in Montgomery County. She was also serving on the Environmental Matters Committee.
Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on May 24, 1944, Lawton attended the University of Oklahoma before working briefly for IBM. She had also worked as Special Assistant to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and as Special Assistant to the County Executive of Montgomery County. She was originally appointed to fill the seat of former delegate John Hurson, but was elected in her own right in the fall of 2006.
Lawton died of unknown causes on the morning of November 29, 2007. She collapsed after giving a speech in downtown Washington. She was declared dead at George Washington Hospital Center.[1]
Her campaign website remains available at http://www.janelawton.org.
[edit] Legislative notes
- voted for the Healthy Air Act in 2006 (SB154) [1]
- voted in favor of increasing the sales tax by 20% - Tax Reform Act of 2007(HB2) [2]
- voted in favor of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in 2007 (HB6) [3]
Notes from Maryland Manual Online. Maryland State Archives (2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-29.
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