Samuel D. Jackson

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Samuel D. Jackson

Samuel Dillon Jackson (born May 28, 1895 in Zanesville , Allen County , Indiana , †  March 8, 1951 in Fort Wayne , Indiana) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Indiana in the US Senate .

Samuel Jackson attended public schools in Fort Wayne and then the Law School of Indiana University in Indianapolis , where he graduated in 1917; in the same year he was admitted to the bar. He then served as captain of the infantry during World War I , before practicing as a lawyer in Fort Wayne from 1919. In 1924 he became the Allen County attorney, which he stayed until 1928.

Jackson ran for political office for the first time that year, but was unsuccessful in the election to the United States House of Representatives . From 1940 to 1941 he was Attorney General of Indiana before he was appointed to succeed the late Frederick Van Nuys in the US Senate on January 28, 1944 . He did not run for the by-election, so that his time in the Senate ended again on November 13 of the same year. Also in 1944 he was the Democratic candidate for governor of Indiana, but was defeated by Republican Ralph Gates .

Afterwards Jackson retired from politics and worked again as a lawyer until he died in Fort Wayne in 1951.

Web links

  • Samuel D. Jackson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Jackson, Samuel D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jackson, Samuel Dillon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH near Zanesville , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1951
Place of death Fort Wayne , Indiana