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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeHowell Edmunds JACKSON
(1832-1895)
Senate Years of Service:
1881-1886Party: DemocratJACKSON, Howell Edmunds, a
Senator from Tennessee; born in Paris, Henry County, Tenn., April
8, 1832; moved with his parents to Jackson, Tenn., in 1840; pursued
classical studies and graduated from West Tennessee College in
1849, from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1854,
and from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon,
Tenn., in 1856; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Jackson; moved to Memphis, Tenn., in 1859 and engaged in the
practice of law; served the Confederacy as receiver of sequestered
property; returned to Jackson in 1874 and served on the court of
arbitration for west Tennessee by appointment on two occasions;
member, State house of representatives 1880; elected as a Democrat
to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1881, until
April 14, 1886, when he resigned to accept the appointment of
United States circuit judge for the sixth Federal circuit
1886-1893; appointed Associate Justice of the United States Supreme
Court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lucius Q.C. Lamar;
took his seat March 4, 1893, and served until his death in West
Meade, Tenn., August 8, 1895; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery,
Nashville, Tenn.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Hardaway, Roger D.
“Howell Edmunds Jackson: Tennessee Legislator and
Jurist.” West Tennessee Historical Society Papers 30
(1976): 104-19; U.S. Supreme Court. In Memoriam. Washington,
D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1895.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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