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  Williams, Nathaniel "Nat"
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NameNathaniel "Nat" Williams
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Born May 18, 1956 (67 years)
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InfoNathaniel "Nat" Williams is an American law enforcement officer who is the current sheriff of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, and the first African American ever elected to hold that position in the parish's history.

Williams was born in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana and graduated from high school there. He is a graduate of the Louisiana State University Basic Training Academy, in Baton Rouge, the D.E.A. Training Academy and has received Police Internal Affairs training, as well as Police Supervisory training. He was first employed by the Sheriff's Department on May 8, 1990 when he started as a patrolman, working his way through the ranks to Chief of Operation. He was the chief criminal deputy sheriff when he was appointed acting sheriff following the resignation of the elected sheriff in early 2007. He then won the October, 2007 primary election for sheriff, garnering 51.6% of the vote in a 5 candidate field.


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  10/12/2019 St. Helena Parish Sheriff Won 82.60% (+65.20%)
  10/24/2015 St. Helena Parish Sheriff Won 84.16% (+68.33%)
  10/22/2011 St. Helena Parish Sheriff Won 69.28% (+43.57%)
  10/20/2007 St. Helena Parish Sheriff Won 51.59% (+17.90%)
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