George Jackson (politician)

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George Jackson (born January 9, 1757 in Cecil County , Province of Maryland , †  May 17, 1831 in Zanesville , Ohio ) was an American politician . Between 1795 and 1803 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

George Jackson was the father of Congressmen John George Jackson (1777-1825) and Edward B. Jackson (1793-1826). He grew up during the British colonial era. In 1769 he moved to Jackson's Fort in what is now West Virginia . He joined the American Revolution and participated as a colonel in the War of Independence . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1784, he began to work in this profession in Clarksburg . There he was also justice of the peace in 1784. At the same time he began a political career. Between 1785 and 1791 and again in 1794 he sat in the Virginia House of Representatives . In 1788 he was a delegate to the convention at which the state of Virginia ratified the United States Constitution. In the 1790s he joined the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson .

In the congressional election of 1794 Jackson was elected to the US House of Representatives in the third constituency of Virginia, where he succeeded Joseph Neville on March 4, 1795 . Until March 3, 1797 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . Afterwards his mandate fell to James Machir of the Federalist Party . In the elections of 1798 he was able to win back his mandate and after a re-election in 1800 to March 3, 1803, he could spend two more terms in Congress. During this time, the new federal capital Washington, DC was moved.

In 1802 Jackson declined to run again. Around 1806 he moved to Zanesville, Ohio, where he worked in agriculture. Between 1809 and 1812 he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives ; from 1817 to 1819 he was a member of the local state senate . George Jackson died in Zanesville on May 17, 1831.

Web links

  • George Jackson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Jackson, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1757
PLACE OF BIRTH Cecil County , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1831
Place of death Zanesville , Ohio