Andrew B. Jackson
Andrew B. Jackson (February 14, 1814 – March 25, 1878) was an American pioneer and territorial legislator.[1]
Born in Wolcott, Connecticut, he settled in Racine County, Wisconsin Territory. While living in Racine County, Jackson served in the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature, in the Wisconsin Territorial House of Representatives in 1846, and then served in the second Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1847–1848. In 1861, he moved to Menasha, Wisconsin, where he was the register of the land office. In 1869, he moved to Evanston, Illinois and then to Rogers Park, Chicago, where he died of pneumonia.[2] Jackson was a member of the Democratic Party and then became a Republican when Abraham Lincoln became President in 1861.[3][4]
Notes[]
- ^ The Reports and Collections of the State Historical of Wisconsin' volume 8, 1879, listed Andrew B. Jackson as Alonzo B. Jackson pp. 466–467; it is a printing error. The Wisconsin Blue Book 1877 and the Atwood book list him as Andrew B. Jackson
- ^ "Evanston". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 27, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved July 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Memorial Record of the Fathers of Wisconsin: Containing Sketches of the Lives and Careers of the Members of the Constitutional Conventions of 1846 and 1847-8, David Atwood, H.A. Tenney and David Atwood: Madison, Wisconsin, 1880, Biographical Sketch of Andrew B. Jackson, pp. 227–228.
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book 1877, Legislative Assemblies-Territorial, p. 147.
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