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Andrew B. Jackson (February 14, 1814 – March 25, 1878) was an American pioneer and territorial legislator. Born in
Wolcott, Connecticut Wolcott () is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. It is primarily residential, with a population of 16,142 as of the 2020 United States Census. The town was settled in the 1730s by English settlers of the Connecticut Colony a ...
, he settled in
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, 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 Evanston ( ) is a city, suburb of Chicago. Located in Cook County, Illinois, United States, it is situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan. Evanston is north of Downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, Wil ...
and then to Rogers Park, Chicago, where he died of pneumonia. Jackson was a member of the
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and then became a Republican when
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...
became President in 1861.''Wisconsin Blue Book 1877,'' Legislative Assemblies-Territorial, p. 147.


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Andrew B. Jackson papers 1835–1878, Yale University
1814 births 1878 deaths People from Wolcott, Connecticut People from Menasha, Wisconsin People from Racine County, Wisconsin Wisconsin Democrats Wisconsin Republicans Members of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature Deaths from pneumonia in Illinois 19th-century Wisconsin politicians {{Wisconsin-politician-stub