James Anthony Traficant Jr. (May 8, 1941 – September 27, 2014) was an American politician and convicted felon who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. A staunch economic populist known for his flamboyant personality, he represented the , which centered on his hometown of Youngstown and included parts of three counties in northeast Ohio's Mahoning Valley.

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