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Edward Blackmon Jr.

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ19867380 ↗
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Edward Blackmon Jr. (born July 21, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served continuously in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1983 to 2024, representing the 57th district. He previously served a term from 1979 to 1980. Blackmon has served as chair of the Legislative Black Caucus, president of the Magnolia Bar Association, and is presently an emeritus trustee of Tougaloo College’s board of trustees. He was named by The National Law Journal as one of the Nation’s Top 10 Litigators in 2002 and 2013.

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Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1947, 1983, 2024, 1979—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1947-07-21. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Edward, Blackmon and American providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Edward Blackmon Jr.” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.