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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Alfred C. Williams
|nationality=[[African American]]
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for District 61
|term_start=January 2012
|term_end= August 2015
|preceded=Michael L. Jackson
|succeeded=[[C. Denise Marcel]]
|birth_date=July 8, 1951
|birth_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], USA
|death_date=August 4, 2015 (aged 64)
|death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
|resting_place=Roselawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Baton Rouge
|spouse=Brandi Burrell Williams
|children=Cherease Glasper<br>
Aiesha Williams<br>
Kristle Williams<br>
Natayveon Howard-Williams<br>
<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=alfred-c-williams&pid=175450798&fhid=11239#sthash.6IqxGGu5.dpuf|title=Alfred C. Williams|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=August 7, 2015}}</ref>
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|religion=Non-denominational [[Christianity|Christian]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|alma_mater=Capital High School<br>
Southern University<br>
Southern University Law Center}}
'''Alfred C. Williams''' (July 8, 1951 – August 4, 2015) was an [[African-American]] [[attorney]] from [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], and from 2012 until his death a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for District 61 in East Baton Rouge Parish.<ref name=pvs/> He was first elected in 2011.<ref name=acw>{{cite web|url=
https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=November 22, 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life==
A native of [[New Orleans]],<ref name=pvs/> Williams graduated in 1969 from Capital High School, in 1972 from the historically black Southern University, and in 1977 from the Southern University Law Center, all institutions in Baton Rouge.<ref name=obit/><ref name=acw/> He formerly resided in Thibodaux in Lafourche Parish, and in Gramercy and Vacherie in St. James Parish. He also resided in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], and several [[Virginia]] cities, including Lynchburg and Roanoke, dates unavailable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Alfred&qmi=C&qn=Williams&qcs=Baton+Rouge%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Alfred C. Williams|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=April 24, 2015}}</ref>
Williams died at the age of sixty-four from complications of knee surgery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/news/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2015/08/local_officials_lawmakers_rele.html|title=Local officials, lawmakers release statements regarding death of Baton Rouge Rep. Alfred Williams|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=August 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wafb.com/story/29711318/state-rep-alfred-williams-passes-away-at-age-64|title=State Rep. Alfred Williams passes away at age 64|author=Alyssa Schneider|date= August 4, 2015|publisher=wafb.com|accessdate= August 6, 2015}}</ref> He was survived by his wife, Brand Burrell Williams, and four children. He was a member of the Living Faith Christian Center in Baton Rouge.<ref name=obit/> he was preceded in death by his father Henry Ferdinand Williams, mother Etha Mae Greene Richardson, brother, Linell Therod Williams and father in law, Aubrey Burrell.
==Political life==
Williams worked as a counselor for the office of the state attorney general and as an assistant to the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney. He was the director of the Baton Rouge Substance Abuse Clinic and administrator for the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse for Region II. He ran unsuccessfully for the District 61 House seat in 1999. From 2003 to 2005, Williams was a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/35572/alfred-williams#.VTqFH8stEqQ|title=Alfred C. Williams' Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}</ref> He vacated the school board position in 2005 to join the administration of Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden, another African-American. He also operated a consulting business, The Conrad Group, which specializes in aiding minority businesses in obtaining contracts with public and private agencies.<ref name=obit/>
In 2011, he won the [[general election]], a low-turnout contest, for the same seat over fellow Democrat, C. Denise Marcelle, 2,052 votes (52.8 percent) to 1,836 (46.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11192011/11192011_Legislative.html|title=Election Results|date=November 19, 2011|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 24, 2015}}</ref> He succeeded African-American Democrat Michael L. Jackson, who ran unsuccessfully in 2008 for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 6th congressional district; the victor was later [[U.S. Senator]] [[Bill Cassidy]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]].
Representative Williams was a member of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus and the Democratic Caucus. He was the chairman of the Labor and Industrial Relations Committee and serves as well on the Civil Law and Procedure Committee, and the House Committee on Enrollment.<ref name=acw/>
Williams' legislative ratings ranged from 40 to 67 percent from the [[conservative]] Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. In 2013 and 2014, the conservative Louisiana Family Forum scored him 40 and 17 percent, respectively. In 2013 and 2014, he was rated 50 and 60 percent, respectively, by Louisiana [[Right to Life]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/35572/alfred-williams#.VTqIr8stEqQ|title=Alfred C. Williams' Ratings and Endorsements|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=November 22, 2020}}</ref>
In 2014, Williams voted for the requirement that [[abortion]] providers have hospital admitting privileges near their clinics; only five House members opposed the measure. That same year, he voted to extend the time for implementation of the [[Common Core]] State Standards Initiative. He voted to forbid the transportation of dogs in open truck beds on [[interstate highway]]s.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/35572/alfred-williams#.VTqNg8stEqQ|title=Alfred Williams' Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=November 22, 2020}}</ref>
In 2013, Williams voted to reduce penalties for the possession of [[marijuana]] and opposed lifetime concealed carry gun permits and voting to make such information on weapon permits part of the public record. He voted to increase judicial pay and to end the mandatory retirement age for judges. In 2012, he voted to prohibit the use of [[cell phone]]s while driving and opposed state tax incentives to recruit a [[National Basketball Association]] team to Louisiana. He opposed reducing the number of hours that polling locations remain open. Louisiana has traditionally had 14-hour polling days. He opposed the requirement for drug testing of welfare recipients.<ref name=votingrecords/>
===Opposition to Marriage and Conscience Act===
On May 19, 2015, Williams was among ten legislators on the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee who voted to table the proposed Marriage and Conscience Act, authored by Republican Representative [[Mike Johnson]] of Bossier Parish and strongly supported by the Louisiana Family Forum. Only his fellow Republican [[Ray Garofalo]] of Chalmette stood with Johnson. [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]], who supported the legislation, then issued an [[executive order]] to implement the measure. Johnson said that he would in 2016, if reelected, re-introduce the measure because he prefers a statutory law to address the issue. Johnson explained that the measure is designed to block the state government from pulling licenses or tax benefits from a company because of the owner's counter view of same-sex marriage. Other Democrats who opposed the measure were committee chairman Neil Abramson and Joseph Bouie, Jr., both of [[New Orleans]], and Patrick O. Jefferson of Arcadia in Bienville Parish. Republicans who voted to table the measure were [[Mike "Pete" Huval]] of Breaux Bridge, Gregory A. Miller of Norco, [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Gonzales (later the House [[Speaker]]), and Nancy Landry of [[Lafayette]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/05/louisianas_religious_freedom_b.html|title=Louisiana's religious freedom bill effectively defeated in committee|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=May 20, 2015}}</ref>
Democrat C. Denise Marcel won the right to succeed Williams in the primary election held on October 24, 2015.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Alfred C.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:African Americans]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Christians]]
|name=Alfred C. Williams
|nationality=[[African American]]
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for District 61
|term_start=January 2012
|term_end= August 2015
|preceded=Michael L. Jackson
|succeeded=[[C. Denise Marcel]]
|birth_date=July 8, 1951
|birth_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], USA
|death_date=August 4, 2015 (aged 64)
|death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
|resting_place=Roselawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Baton Rouge
|spouse=Brandi Burrell Williams
|children=Cherease Glasper<br>
Aiesha Williams<br>
Kristle Williams<br>
Natayveon Howard-Williams<br>
<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=alfred-c-williams&pid=175450798&fhid=11239#sthash.6IqxGGu5.dpuf|title=Alfred C. Williams|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=August 7, 2015}}</ref>
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|religion=Non-denominational [[Christianity|Christian]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|alma_mater=Capital High School<br>
Southern University<br>
Southern University Law Center}}
'''Alfred C. Williams''' (July 8, 1951 – August 4, 2015) was an [[African-American]] [[attorney]] from [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], and from 2012 until his death a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for District 61 in East Baton Rouge Parish.<ref name=pvs/> He was first elected in 2011.<ref name=acw>{{cite web|url=
https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=November 22, 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life==
A native of [[New Orleans]],<ref name=pvs/> Williams graduated in 1969 from Capital High School, in 1972 from the historically black Southern University, and in 1977 from the Southern University Law Center, all institutions in Baton Rouge.<ref name=obit/><ref name=acw/> He formerly resided in Thibodaux in Lafourche Parish, and in Gramercy and Vacherie in St. James Parish. He also resided in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], and several [[Virginia]] cities, including Lynchburg and Roanoke, dates unavailable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Alfred&qmi=C&qn=Williams&qcs=Baton+Rouge%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Alfred C. Williams|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=April 24, 2015}}</ref>
Williams died at the age of sixty-four from complications of knee surgery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/news/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2015/08/local_officials_lawmakers_rele.html|title=Local officials, lawmakers release statements regarding death of Baton Rouge Rep. Alfred Williams|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=August 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wafb.com/story/29711318/state-rep-alfred-williams-passes-away-at-age-64|title=State Rep. Alfred Williams passes away at age 64|author=Alyssa Schneider|date= August 4, 2015|publisher=wafb.com|accessdate= August 6, 2015}}</ref> He was survived by his wife, Brand Burrell Williams, and four children. He was a member of the Living Faith Christian Center in Baton Rouge.<ref name=obit/> he was preceded in death by his father Henry Ferdinand Williams, mother Etha Mae Greene Richardson, brother, Linell Therod Williams and father in law, Aubrey Burrell.
==Political life==
Williams worked as a counselor for the office of the state attorney general and as an assistant to the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney. He was the director of the Baton Rouge Substance Abuse Clinic and administrator for the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse for Region II. He ran unsuccessfully for the District 61 House seat in 1999. From 2003 to 2005, Williams was a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/35572/alfred-williams#.VTqFH8stEqQ|title=Alfred C. Williams' Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}</ref> He vacated the school board position in 2005 to join the administration of Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden, another African-American. He also operated a consulting business, The Conrad Group, which specializes in aiding minority businesses in obtaining contracts with public and private agencies.<ref name=obit/>
In 2011, he won the [[general election]], a low-turnout contest, for the same seat over fellow Democrat, C. Denise Marcelle, 2,052 votes (52.8 percent) to 1,836 (46.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11192011/11192011_Legislative.html|title=Election Results|date=November 19, 2011|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 24, 2015}}</ref> He succeeded African-American Democrat Michael L. Jackson, who ran unsuccessfully in 2008 for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 6th congressional district; the victor was later [[U.S. Senator]] [[Bill Cassidy]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]].
Representative Williams was a member of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus and the Democratic Caucus. He was the chairman of the Labor and Industrial Relations Committee and serves as well on the Civil Law and Procedure Committee, and the House Committee on Enrollment.<ref name=acw/>
Williams' legislative ratings ranged from 40 to 67 percent from the [[conservative]] Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. In 2013 and 2014, the conservative Louisiana Family Forum scored him 40 and 17 percent, respectively. In 2013 and 2014, he was rated 50 and 60 percent, respectively, by Louisiana [[Right to Life]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/35572/alfred-williams#.VTqIr8stEqQ|title=Alfred C. Williams' Ratings and Endorsements|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=November 22, 2020}}</ref>
In 2014, Williams voted for the requirement that [[abortion]] providers have hospital admitting privileges near their clinics; only five House members opposed the measure. That same year, he voted to extend the time for implementation of the [[Common Core]] State Standards Initiative. He voted to forbid the transportation of dogs in open truck beds on [[interstate highway]]s.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/35572/alfred-williams#.VTqNg8stEqQ|title=Alfred Williams' Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=November 22, 2020}}</ref>
In 2013, Williams voted to reduce penalties for the possession of [[marijuana]] and opposed lifetime concealed carry gun permits and voting to make such information on weapon permits part of the public record. He voted to increase judicial pay and to end the mandatory retirement age for judges. In 2012, he voted to prohibit the use of [[cell phone]]s while driving and opposed state tax incentives to recruit a [[National Basketball Association]] team to Louisiana. He opposed reducing the number of hours that polling locations remain open. Louisiana has traditionally had 14-hour polling days. He opposed the requirement for drug testing of welfare recipients.<ref name=votingrecords/>
===Opposition to Marriage and Conscience Act===
On May 19, 2015, Williams was among ten legislators on the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee who voted to table the proposed Marriage and Conscience Act, authored by Republican Representative [[Mike Johnson]] of Bossier Parish and strongly supported by the Louisiana Family Forum. Only his fellow Republican [[Ray Garofalo]] of Chalmette stood with Johnson. [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]], who supported the legislation, then issued an [[executive order]] to implement the measure. Johnson said that he would in 2016, if reelected, re-introduce the measure because he prefers a statutory law to address the issue. Johnson explained that the measure is designed to block the state government from pulling licenses or tax benefits from a company because of the owner's counter view of same-sex marriage. Other Democrats who opposed the measure were committee chairman Neil Abramson and Joseph Bouie, Jr., both of [[New Orleans]], and Patrick O. Jefferson of Arcadia in Bienville Parish. Republicans who voted to table the measure were [[Mike "Pete" Huval]] of Breaux Bridge, Gregory A. Miller of Norco, [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Gonzales (later the House [[Speaker]]), and Nancy Landry of [[Lafayette]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/05/louisianas_religious_freedom_b.html|title=Louisiana's religious freedom bill effectively defeated in committee|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=May 20, 2015}}</ref>
Democrat C. Denise Marcel won the right to succeed Williams in the primary election held on October 24, 2015.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Alfred C.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:African Americans]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Christians]]