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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—LouisianaWilliam Jennings JEFFERSON
(1947- )
JEFFERSON, William
Jennings, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Lake
Providence, East Carroll Parish, La., March 14, 1947; G.W. Griffin
High School, Lake Providence, La.; B.A., Southern University and
Agricultural & Mechanical College, Baton Rouge, La., 1969;
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1972; lawyer, private
practice; law clerk for United States District Judge Alvin B.
Rubin, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1972-1973; legislative
assistant to United States Senator J. Bennett Johnston of
Louisiana, 1973-1975; member of the Louisiana state senate,
1979-1990; candidate for mayor of New Orleans in 1982 and 1986;
elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Second and to the eight
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1991-January 3, 2009);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eleventh
Congress in 2008.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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