Hakeem Jeffries Children: Meet Joshua And Jeremiah Jeffries

Publish date: 2024-05-02

This article shares information about he American politician and attorney, Hakeem Jeffries and his two children; Joshua and Jeremiah Jeffries.

Who is Hakeem Jeffries?

Hakeem Sekou Jeffries is an American politician and attorney who has served as Leader of the House Democratic Caucus and House Minority Leader since 2023. He has been the U.S. representative for New York’s 8th congressional district since 2013 and was a member of the New York State Assembly from 2007 to 2012.

Jeffries has represented New York’s 8th congressional district for six terms, taking office in 2013 after being elected in 2012. The district is anchored in southern and eastern Brooklyn. Before his election to Congress, Jeffries served three terms in the New York State Assembly, representing the 57th district, and worked as a corporate lawyer.

The members of the House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected Jeffries to succeed Nancy Pelosi as leader in November 2022. This made him the first African American to lead a party caucus in either chamber of the United States Congress. He was previously the chair of the House Democratic Caucus from 2019 to 2023.

Hakeem Jefferies career

Jeffries was born in New York City, at Brooklyn Hospital Center to Laneda Jeffries, a social worker, and Marland Jeffries, a state substance-abuse counselor. He has one brother, Hasan. He grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn and is a lifelong member of the Cornerstone Baptist Church.

Jeffries graduated from Midwood High School in 1988. He then studied political science at Binghamton University, graduating in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors. During his time at Binghamton he became a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.

Jeffries continued his education at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, earning a Master of Public Policy degree in 1994. He then attended New York University School of Law, where he was a member of the New York University Law Review. He graduated magna cum laude in 1997 with a Juris Doctor degree and delivered the student address at Convocation.

After graduating from law school, Jeffries spent one year as a law clerk for Judge Harold Baer Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

From 1998 to 2004, he was in private practice at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. In 2004, he became an in-house litigator for Viacom and CBS, where he worked on the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy.

During Jeffries’s time at Paul, Weiss, he also served as director of intergovernmental affairs for the New York State Chapter of the National Association of Minority Contractors and as the president of Black Attorneys for Progress.

Jeffries served in the New York State Assembly from 2007 to 2012. During this time, he introduced over 70 bills. In response to a series of toy recalls, he introduced bill A02589, which would penalize retailers and wholesalers that knowingly sell hazardous or dangerous toys that have been recalled.

In 2007, while still in his first term in the State Assembly, Jeffries endorsed and supported Barack Obama, and was among Obama’s earliest supporters in Hillary Clinton’s home state. In one interview, he said, “When I first ran for office, some people suggested that someone with the name ‘Hakeem Jeffries’ could never get elected, and when I saw someone with the name ‘Barack Obama’ get elected to the U.S. Senate, it certainly inspired me.”

Who are the children of Hakeem Jefferies?

Jeffries is married to Kennisandra Arciniegas-Jeffries, a social worker with 1199 SEIU’s Benefit Fund. They have two sons and live in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

Hakeem Jeffries’ two children are Joshua Jeffries and Jeremiah Jeffries. Jeremiah Jeffries was born in 2001 while Joshua Jeffries was born in 20004. Not much is known about them though because they are not in the public as their father.

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