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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaSamuel Dillon JACKSON
(1895-1951)
Senate Years of Service:
1944-1944Party: DemocratJACKSON, Samuel Dillon, a
Senator from Indiana; born near Zanesville, Allen County, Ind., May
28, 1895; attended the public schools of Fort Wayne, Ind.;
graduated from the Indiana University Law School at Indianapolis in
1917, and admitted to the bar the same year; during the First World
War, served as a captain of Infantry 1917-1919; engaged in the
practice of law at Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1919; prosecuting attorney
of Allen County, Ind., 1924-1928; unsuccessful Democratic candidate
for election in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress; attorney
general of Indiana 1940-1941; appointed on January 28, 1944, as a
Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Frederick Van Nuys and served from January 28, 1944,
to November 13, 1944, when a duly elected successor qualified; was
not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy; unsuccessful
Democratic candidate for Governor of Indiana in 1944; resumed the
practice of law; died in Fort Wayne, Ind., March 8, 1951; interment
in Lindenwood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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