Edward L. Jackson

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Edward L. Jackson

Edward L. "Ed" Jackson (born December 27, 1873 in Howard County , Indiana , †  November 18, 1954 in Orleans , Indiana) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) and from 1925 to 1929 the 22nd governor of the state Indiana.

Early years and political advancement

After completing school, he trained as a lawyer and began working as a Henry County attorney in 1898 . Four years later he was appointed judge. In 1914, Jackson ran unsuccessfully for the office of Secretary of State in Indiana. But two years later he was elected to this office. From this post he resigned in 1917 in order to take part in the First World War as a soldier . In the US Army he rose to major , but was not used in the theater of war in Europe. After the end of his military service he returned to Indiana and was again Secretary of State in 1920. An office he held until 1924. After his military service he joined the Ku Klux Klan a which became an ever-present force in the politics of Indiana.

Indiana Governor

In 1924 Jackson won his party's primary for gubernatorial elections with 55 percent against a field of five opposing candidates; afterwards he prevailed in the actual election with a share of 52.9 percent of the vote against the Democrat Carleton B. McCulloch. His tenure was marked by a series of scandals.

The state administration of Indiana was infiltrated by the Ku Klux Klan and Jackson used his position and his connection to bow the law - including in the case of Edward Shumaker, a Klan member and tax evader. He was convicted and immediately pardoned by Jackson. In 1925, DC Stephenson , leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana and 15 other states, was sentenced to life imprisonment for a sex crime for cruelly raping his secretary, Magde Oberholtzer. She died as a result of the crime. Stephenson expected Jackson to pardon him, but Jackson refused. Stephenson then released evidence that Jackson tried to bribe former Governor Warren T. McCray . The process ended in an acquittal because Klan members within the jury prevented a conviction.

During his time as governor, however, taxes were cut and national debt reduced even in a flourishing economy. He supported the Ministry of the Environment. At that time, many new plans for the creation of nature parks also emerged. After his tenure ended in January 1929, Jackson retired from politics and became a lawyer . In 1937 he moved to Orleans in southern Indiana, where he raised cattle, among other things. In 1948 he suffered a stroke that left him cuffed to bed until his death in 1954. Ed Jackson was married twice and had three children in total.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gugin, Linda C. & St. Clair, James E, ed. (2006). The Governors of Indiana. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87195-196-7 . Page 227
  2. ↑ Gugin, Linda C. & St. Clair, James E, ed. (2006). The Governors of Indiana. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87195-196-7 . Page 278
personal data
SURNAME Jackson, Edward L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jackson, Ed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Howard County , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 1954
Place of death Orleans , Indiana