Thomas B. Jackson

Thomas Birdsall Jackson (born March 24, 1797 in Jerusalem , New York , † April 23, 1881 in Newtown (now Elmhurst ), New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1837 and 1841 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Birdsall Jackson attended public schools and then worked in agriculture . He studied law . After receiving his license to practice law, he practiced in Jerusalem and Newtown. In 1832 he was elected district judge. Jackson also had a political career. He was a member of the New York State Assembly between 1833 and 1835 . Last year he moved to Newtown, where he served as a justice of the peace. In the congressional elections of 1836 Jackson was elected as a Democrat in the first constituency of New York to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Abel Huntington on March 4, 1837 . After a successful re-election in 1838 , he gave up a third candidacy in the elections in 1840 and retired after the March 3, 1841 Congress of. After that he worked in agriculture again. He died in Newtown on April 23, 1881 and was buried in Flushing Cemetery .

Web links

• Thomas B. Jackson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)