William S. Jackson

William Schuyler Jackson (* before 1892, † November 23, 1932 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician .

Career

William Schuyler Jackson was the son of DG Jackson, a lawyer from Tonawanda ( New York ). Nothing is known about his youth. At some point he studied law and was admitted to the bar. In 1892 he married a daughter of the shoe retailer TB Staley from Buffalo, New York. The couple had two children.

He was the First Assistant District Attorney in Erie County when he was elected Attorney General of New York in November 1906 . In the election he ran for the Democratic Party and the Independence League . In February 1907, just after he had been in office for a month, his wife hired attorney Edward E. Coatsworth, former associate lawyer of William F. Sheehan , Charles F. Tabor and John Cunneen , to arrange for their divorce. However, they reconciled two days later.

In 1920 he sent a letter to New York Governor Alfred E. Smith . In it he protested against the expulsion of five socialist MPs, including Louis Waldman and Sam DeWitt , from the New York State Assembly . Jackson died in Jamaica, Queens , in 1932 .

literature

• Jackson To Enforce Law , The New York Times, Nov. 9, 1906
• Jackson Distributes Offices To Democrats , The New York Times, December 25, 1906
• The Attorney General To Be Sued For Divorce , The New York Times, February 6, 1907
• The Jacksons Reconciled , The New York Times, February 8, 1908
• Protests To Governor , The New York Times, Jan. 24, 1920

Web links

• William S. Jackson on The Political Graveyard website