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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJoseph Webber JACKSON
(1796-1854)
JACKSON, Joseph Webber, a
Representative from Georgia; born at Cedar Hill, near Savannah,
Ga., December 6, 1796; attended the common schools; studied law;
was admitted to the bar and practiced; member of the municipal
council of Savannah; mayor of Savannah; member of the State house
of representatives; served in the State senate; elected as a
Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Thomas Butler King; reelected as a States Rights
candidate to the Thirty-second Congress and served from March 4,
1850, to March 3, 1853; declined to be a candidate for renomination
in 1852; captain of the Savannah Volunteer Guards and colonel of
the First Georgia Regiment of Militia; judge of the superior court
of Georgia; died in Savannah, Ga., September 29, 1854.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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