Editing Craig Washington (section)

{{short description|American politician}}

{{BLP sources|date=March 2010}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Craig Anthony Washington
| image         = Craig Washington 102nd Congress 1991.jpg
| caption       =
| state         = [[Texas]]
| district      = [[Texas's 18th congressional district|18th]]
| term_start    = December 9, 1989
| term_end      = January 3, 1995
| predecessor   = [[Mickey Leland]]
| successor     = [[Sheila Jackson Lee]]
| majority      =
| state_senate2 = Texas
| term_start2   = January 11, 1983
| term_end2     = January 23, 1990
| predecessor2  = Walter Mengden
| successor2    = [[Rodney Ellis]]
| district2     = [[Texas Senate, District 13|13th]]
| majority2     =
| state_house3  = Texas
| term_start3   = January 9, 1973
| term_end3     = January 11, 1983
| predecessor3  = Charles Finnell
| successor3    = Larry Q. Evans
| district3     = [[Texas's 86th House of Representatives district|86th]]
| majority3     =
| birth_name    = Craig Anthony Washington
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1941|10|12}}
| birth_place   = [[Longview, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date    =
| death_place   =
| party         = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse        =
| children      = 5
| residence     = [[Houston, Texas]]
| education     = [[Prairie View A&M University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Texas Southern University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| occupation    = [[Lawyer|Attorney]]
| signature     =
| website       =
| footnotes     =
}}

'''Craig Anthony Washington''' (born October 12, 1941) is an American lawyer and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] politician from [[Texas]] who served in the [[Texas State Senate]] and the [[United States House of Representatives]].

The son of Roy and Azalia Washington, Washington graduated from [[Prairie View A&M University]] in 1966 and was originally interested in becoming a doctor, but as admissions to medical school had already ceased, Washington decided to instead apply at [[Texas Southern University]]'s law school.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}