John Jay Jackson, Jr.
| John Jay Jackson, Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 4, 1824 Parkersburg, West Virginia U.S. |
| Died | September 2, 1907 (aged 83) Atlantic City, New Jersey U.S. |
| Occupation | judge |
John Jay Jackson, Jr. (August 4, 1824 – September 2, 1907) was a United States federal judge, first from Virginia, and then from West Virginia, at the time of its creation as a separate state.
Born in Parkersburg, Virginia (now Parkersburg, West Virginia), Jackson graduated from Princeton University in 1845, and read law to enter the Bar in Virginia in 1847. Jackson's father, General John Jay Jackson of Wood County, attended the Wheeling Convention on West Virginia statehood. Jackson's brother Jacob Beeson Jackson served as governor of West Virginia and his other brother was Circuit Judge and Congressman James Monroe Jackson. He was a cousin of Stonewall Jackson. His grandfather, John George Jackson, preceded him as judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. His great-grandfathers included George Jackson. The Jackson Memorial Fountain at Parkersburg is dedicated to the Jackson family.
Jackson was in private practice in Wirt County, Virginia from 1847 to 1848, and a prosecuting attorney for Wirt County in 1848. He was a Commonwealth attorney of Ritchie County, Virginia from 1849 to 1850, then returned to private practice in Wood County, Virginia until 1851. He was a Member, of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1851 to 1855, and then returned to private practice, in Parkersburg until 1861.
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