William Jennings Jefferson

Congressman William Jefferson represented Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009 (102nd-110th Congresses). Jefferson sat on the Education, District of Columbia, and Labor and the Merchant Marine and Fisheries committees. Later he served on the powerful Ways and Means Committee as well as the Budget, National Security, House Oversight, Small Business, and Joint Printing committees. Jefferson received a bachelor’s degree from Southern University. Upon graduation, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army. He also earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. Later, he received an LLM in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.