William Jennings Jefferson was born in Lake Providence, Louisiana. In 1990, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first African American congressman from Louisiana since Charles Edmund Nash served during Reconstruction. Representing Louisiana’s 2nd District from 1991 to 2009, Jefferson’s election marked a significant milestone in the state’s political history.
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