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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJames JACKSON
(1757-1806)
Senate Years of Service:
1793-1795; 1801-1806Party: Anti-Administration;
Democratic RepublicanJACKSON, James, (father of
Jabez Y. Jackson and grandfather of James Jackson [1819-1887]), a
Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in
Moreton-Hampstead, Devonshire, England, September 21, 1757;
emigrated to Georgia in 1772 and located in Savannah; served in the
Revolution with the Georgia State forces; studied law and built a
lucrative practice in Savannah; several times elected to the state
legislature; elected governor of Georgia in 1788 but declined;
planter; elected to the First Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3,
1791); contested the election of Anthony Wayne in the Second
Congress and the seat was declared vacant by the House of
Representatives March 21, 1792; elected to the United States Senate
and served from March 4, 1793, until his resignation in 1795; again
a member of the State legislature; Governor of Georgia 1798-1801;
was again elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States
Senate and served from March 4, 1801, until his death in
Washington, D.C., March 19, 1806; interment in the Congressional
Cemetery.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Lamplugh, George R. “Oh The Colossus! The
Colossus!: James Jackson and the Jeffersonian Republican Party in
Georgia, 1796-1806.” Journal of the Early Republic 9
(Fall 1989): 315-34; Foster, William. James Jackson: Duelist and
Militant Statesman. Athens: University of Georgia Press,
1960.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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