Fred Schuyler Jackson (April 19, 1868 – November 21, 1931) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Jackson moved to

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, 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

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in 1892. He was

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and commenced practice in

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. 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

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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

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, in 1915, having been appointed attorney for the Public Utilities Commission of Kansas and served until 1924. He resumed the practice of law in

. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising in Greenwood, Wabaunsee, and Jefferson Counties. He died in

on November 21, 1931. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Fred Schuyler 1868 births 1931 deaths Kansas Attorneys General Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas People from Miami County, Kansas People from Eureka, Kansas People from Topeka, Kansas