Jonathan Jackson (Continental Congress)
| Jonathan Jackson | |
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Jonathan Jackson
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| Delegate to Continental Congress | |
| 3rd Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts | |
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In office 1802–1806 |
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| Preceded by | Peleg Coffin |
| Succeeded by | Thomson J. Skinner |
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| Born | June 4, 1743 Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| Died | March 5, 1810 (aged 66) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Resting place | Granary Burying Ground |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Alma mater | Harvard, 1761 |
Jonathan Jackson (June 4, 1743 – March 5, 1810) was an American merchant from Newburyport, Massachusetts. He was a delegate for Massachusetts in the Continental Congress.
Jonathan Jackson was born in 1743 in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of Edward Jackson (1708–1757) and Dorothy Quincy Jackson. He graduated from Harvard in 1761 and then moved to Newburyport to take up a mercantile career.
Jackson first served as an apprentice to another merchant, Patrick Tracy. By 1765 he had entered business on his own as a shipper and importer. He became prosperous and in 1772 he married his mentor's daughter, Hannah Tracy. Shortly after he went into a partnership with his wife's brothers, John and Nathaniel Tracy. The firm of Jackson, Tracy, & Tracy failed during the revolution. So, after 1782, Jonathan took a series of salaried jobs.
In 1780 Jackson joined John Hancock and other community leaders in the founding of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Despite his dependence on foreign trade, Jackson became a supporter of the American Revolution. He converted some of his merchant ships to privateers. In 1775 he was elected to the revolutionary Massachusetts Provincial Congress. He became a member of the state's Committee of Correspondence and headed the Essex County Committee of Safety.
Jackson was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1777. He attended the state's Constitutional Convention in 1779. Then in 1782, Massachusetts sent him as one of their delegates to the Continental Congress. But, by this time his financial reverses made him take a job, although he did serve one term in the Massachusetts's state Senate in 1789.
Eventually Jackson was able to combine his need for employment with his desire for public service. In this period, elected positions generally had no pay. He served as the first U.S. Marshal for the district of Massachusetts (1789–1791), then as a federal Supervisor of Revenue from 1792 until 1801.
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