William Humphreys Jackson

William Humphreys Jackson

William Humphreys Jackson (born October 15, 1839 in Salisbury , Maryland , †  April 3, 1915 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1901 and 1909 he twice represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Jackson attended public schools in his home country and then worked in agriculture. Then he got into the wood business. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1900 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded Josiah Kerr on March 4, 1901 . After being re-elected, he was initially able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1905 . In 1904 he was defeated by the Democrat Thomas Alexander Smith .

Two years later he was able to win back his old mandate in Congress in the elections of 1906 and replace Smith again. Since he lost to James Harry Covington in 1908 , he could only spend one more term in Congress until March 3, 1909. After his time in the US House of Representatives, William Jackson worked again in the wood industry. He died on April 3, 1915 in his hometown of Salisbury. His son William Purnell Jackson (1868-1939) became a US Senator for Maryland.

Web links

• William Humphreys Jackson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Humphreys Jackson in the database of Find a Grave (English)