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William Jasper Blackburn
Mathew Brady photo circa 1868
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 5th district
In office July 18, 1868 – March 3, 1869
Preceded by	District established
Succeeded by	Frank Morey
Member of the Louisiana State Senate from Claiborne Parish
In office 1874–1878
Mayor of Minden, Louisiana
In office May 1855 – May 1856
Succeeded by	A. B. George
Personal details
Born	(1820-07-24)July 24, 1820 Randolph County, Arkansas, U.S.
Died	November 10, 1899(1899-11-10) (aged 79) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Resting place	Mount Holly Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Other political affiliations	Democratic
Occupation	Newspaper publisher and printer
(1) Publisher Blackburn switched his party affiliation to Republican because he opposed slavery and the secession of the Confederate States of America. (2) Blackburn was spared conviction — and automatic execution — by a one-vote margin of charges that he printed counterfeit Confederate currency. (3) After the return of Democratic Redeemer government in Louisiana in 1878, Blackburn soon returned to his native Arkansas, where he published the short-lived Arkansas Republican newspaper. (4) Blackburn served in the United States House of Representatives and the Louisiana State Senate as a Republican; earlier he was a Democratic mayor of Minden, Louisiana, from 1855 to 1856. (5) Blackburn launched the first paper to bear the name Minden Herald.

William Jasper Blackburn (July 24, 1820 – November 10, 1899) was an American printer, publisher and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from northwestern Louisiana from July 18, 1868, to March 3, 1869. A Republican during Reconstruction, he was elected to the Louisiana State Senate, serving from 1874 to 1878.

Biography

Instead he ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. He lost to the African American Oscar Dunn, who was elected to the second position on the Henry Clay Warmoth ticket.

After a four-year stint in the Louisiana Senate, Blackburn returned in 1880 to Little Rock, Arkansas, where he published the Arkansas Republican from 1881 to 1884 and The Free South from 1885 to 1892. He died in Little Rock and is interred there in Mount Holly Cemetery.

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References

1. ^ "Blackburn, William Jasper". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved March 10, 2015.

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