W. Jasper Blackburn

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"(July 24, 1820 -- November 10, 1899) William Jasper Blackburn was a(n) printer, establisher of papers, public servant, judge, and American politician. Blackburn was born on the Fourche de Mau, Randolph County, Arkansas and moved to Minden, Louisiana in 1849. He established the Minden Herald ,Homer Iliad (1859), published the Arkansas Republican (1881 -1884) and the Free South (1885 - 1892). He served as a member of the State constitutional convention (1867), was a county judge of Claiborne Parish, and was a member of the State senate (1874 -1874). William was elected as a Republican to the 40th Congress (July 18, 1868 - March 3, 1869) and was not reelected. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B000510]"

Member of Louisiana Delegation—United States Fifteenth Amendment.

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