William Terry Jackson

William Terry Jackson

William Terry Jackson (born December 29, 1794 in Chester , New York , † September 15, 1882 in Montour Falls , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1849 and 1851 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Terry Jackson attended community schools and later studied surveying . Between 1813 and 1815 he taught in Goshen . This time was overshadowed by the British-American War . He then worked as a surveyor and later went commercial shops in Chester and Oswego , New York and Bermerville in Sussex County ( New Jersey ) to. In 1825 he moved to Havana in Chemung County (now the Township of Montour in Schuyler County ). He went about commercial business there. Between 1836 and 1838 he was justice of the peace. He became a judge on the Chemung County's Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions in 1839 - a post he held until 1846. He was also a justice of the peace in the town of Catharine .

Politically, he was a member of the Whig Party . In the 1848 congressional elections for the 31st Congress , Jackson was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 26th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded William T. Lawrence on March 4, 1849 . He retired from the after March 3, 1851 Congress of.

After his congress time, he went about commercial business. He died on September 15, 1882 in Montour Falls. His body was then buried in the cemetery of the same name.

Web links

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

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