Bill Jefferson
William Jennings Jefferson (born
March 14 1947),
American politician,
has been a
Democratic member of the
United States House of Representatives since
1991,
representing the 2nd District of
Louisiana. He was born in
Lake Providence, Louisiana,
was educated at
Harvard University, and was a lawyer, a law clerk for District Judge Alvin B. Rubin, legislative assistant to Senator J. Bennett Johnston and a member of the Louisiana Senate before entering
the House. He is a member of the
Congressional Black Caucus.
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