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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsWilliam JACKSON
(1783-1855)
JACKSON, William, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September 2, 1783; attended the district school;
member of the board of selectmen; served on the school board
committee of Newton; chief founder of Newton Temperance Society;
engaged in the manufacture of soap and candles; became interested
in railroads 1826-1836; member of the State house of
representatives 1829-1832; secretary of the Newton Female Academy
in 1831; first president of the Newton Savings Bank 1831-1835;
again president 1848-1855; elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to
the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833-March
3, 1837); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1836 to
the Twenty-fifth Congress; resumed his manufacturing pursuits; one
of the founders of the Liberty Party in 1846; president of the
American Missionary Society 1846-1854; publisher of a newspaper;
died in Newton, Mass., on February 27, 1855; interment in the Old
Burial Ground.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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