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JACKSON, James (1757-1806)

Democrat-Republican of Georgia

0th congressional district

Served in Senate 1793-1797, 1801-1807

Served in House 1789-1791

Total roll-call votes cast: 404

Biography

Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Moreton-Hampstead, Devonshire, England, September 21, 1757; emigrated to Georgia in 1772 and located in Savannah; served in the Revolutionary War with the Georgia State forces; studied law and built a lucrative practice in Savannah; several times elected to the state legislature; elected governor of Georgia in 1788 but declined; planter; elected as an Anti-Administration candidate to the First Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791); contested the election of Anthony Wayne in the Second Congress and the seat was declared vacant by the House of Representatives March 21, 1792; elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1793, until October 31, 1795, when he resigned; again a member of the State legislature; Governor of Georgia 1798-1801; was again elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1801, until his death in Washington, D.C., March 19, 1806; interment in the Congressional Cemetery.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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