Before Congress
McCrery was born in Shreveport and reared in Leesville, the seat of Vernon Parish. He graduated from Leesville High School in 1967. In 1971, McCrery earned a bachelor of arts degree in both English and history from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston in Lincoln Parish. Thereafter, he obtained a law degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 1975. McCrery joined the law firm of Jackson, Smith & Ford in Leesville, where he worked from 1975 to 1978. He then served in Shreveport as an assistant city attorney from 1979-1980.
From 1981 to 1984, McCrery was a district manager and later legislative director for then Democratic U.S. Representative Charles Elson "Buddy" Roemer, III, of Bossier City. He returned to Louisiana in 1984 to work for Georgia Pacific Corporation, a paper company. He remained there until his election to Congress four years later.
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