Fred S. Jackson
Fred S. Jackson | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 4th district | |
In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 | |
Preceded by | James Monroe Miller |
Succeeded by | Dudley Doolittle |
21st Attorney General of Kansas | |
In office January 14, 1907 – January 9, 1911 | |
Governor | Edward W. Hoch Walter R. Stubbs |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | John Shaw Dawson |
Personal details | |
Born | Stanton, Kansas | April 19, 1868
Died | November 21, 1931 Topeka, Kansas | (aged 63)
Political party | Republican |
Fred Schuyler Jackson (April 19, 1868 – November 21, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born in Stanton, Kansas, Jackson moved to Greenwood County, Kansas, with his parents in 1881. He attended the public schools of Miami and Greenwood Counties. He taught school in Kansas from 1885 to 1890. He was graduated in law from the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1892. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Eureka, Kansas. He served as prosecuting attorney of Greenwood County from 1893 to 1897. He served as assistant State attorney general in 1906 and 1907. Attorney general 1907–1911.
Jackson was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Eureka and Topeka, Kansas. He moved to Topeka, Kansas, in 1915, having been appointed attorney for the Public Utilities Commission of Kansas and served until 1924. He resumed the practice of law in Topeka, Kansas. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising in Greenwood, Wabaunsee, and Jefferson Counties. He died in Topeka, Kansas on November 21, 1931. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Eureka, Kansas.
References[]
- United States Congress. "Fred S. Jackson (id: J000011)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1868 births
- 1931 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas
- Kansas Attorneys General
- Kansas Republicans
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- People from Miami County, Kansas
- People from Eureka, Kansas
- People from Topeka, Kansas