# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-j-jefferson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:38:39.042Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-j-jefferson"
name: "William J. Jefferson"
slug: "william-j-jefferson"
description: "William Jennings Jefferson 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."
tagline: "American former politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Jefferson%2C_official_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1947-03-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.777181333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Jefferson (politician)"
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    title: "ויליאם ג'פרסון"
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    title: "William J. Jefferson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump