Fred S. Jackson

Fred S. Jackson

Fred Schuyler Jackson (born April 19, 1868 in Stanton , Miami County , Kansas , †  November 21, 1931 in Topeka , Kansas) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1913 he represented the fourth constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1881, Fred Jackson moved to Greenwood County with his parents . He attended public schools there and in Miami County. Between 1885 and 1890 he worked as a teacher himself. After studying law at the University of Kansas at Lawrence and his admission as a lawyer in 1892, he began to work in Eureka in his new profession.

Jackson was a District Attorney in Greenwood County from 1893 to 1897, and he was Assistant Attorney General for Kansas from 1906 to 1907. After that he was Attorney General of that state from 1907 to 1911 . Politically, Jackson was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1910 congressional elections, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC as their candidate in the fourth district of Kansas . There he took over from James Monroe Miller on March 4, 1911 . But since he was defeated by the Democrat Dudley Doolittle in the 1912 elections, he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1913 .

After his time in the federal capital, Jackson worked again as a lawyer in Eureka. In 1915 he moved to Topeka after being appointed to the State Commission dealing with public utilities ( Public Utilities Commission ). He remained on this committee until 1924. After that, he worked again as a lawyer. Fred Jackson was also involved in agriculture and especially in the field of cattle breeding. He died in Topeka in November 1931 and was buried in Eureka.

Web links

• Fred S. Jackson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Fred S. Jackson in the database of Find a Grave (English)