Jackson Lee was born on Jan. 12, 1950, in Queens, New York. She served on the Houston City Council from 1989 to 1994 and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1995.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) has died at the age of 74. An official statement released via social media last Friday (July 19) confirmed her passing.

Sheila Jackson Lee, the longtime U.S. representative from Texas, has died, according to a statement issued Friday night from her family. The congresswoman died at the age of 74 after a brief ...

Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic congresswoman from Texas who was an outspoken advocate for Black Americans for decades, has died, according to a statement from her office. She was 74.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has died at the age of 74 after a battle with cancer, her family announced on Friday. “Today, with incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life ...

Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat who during three decades in the U.S. House of Representatives became one of the most prominent Black members of Congress and a ubiquitous champion of African ...

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat who had served in Congress since 1995, has died. Jackson Lee, who disclosed less than two months ago that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer ...

Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D., Texas) died on Friday at the age of 74, one month after having publicly revealed that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. “Today, with deep ...

Sheila Jackson Lee, the longtime U.S. representative from Texas, has died, according to a statement issued Friday night from her family. The congresswoman died at the age of 74 after a brief ...

Sheila Jackson Lee, longtime Texas congresswoman, dies at 74 00:25. Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas has died, her office announced Friday evening.She was 74 years old. A cause of death ...

Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic Congresswoman who successfully pushed to turn Juneteenth into a federal holiday, has died at 74. Her family announced her death late Friday in a statement ...