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William Jefferson
1947–
United States
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William Jennings Jefferson (born March 14, 1947) is an American former politician from Louisiana whose career ended amid a high-profile corruption scandal and subsequent conviction. A member of the Democratic Party, he served nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009, representing Louisiana’s 2nd congressional district in the greater New Orleans area. He is the state’s first black congressman since the end of Reconstruction.
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