Thomas Birdsall Jackson (March 24, 1797 – April 23, 1881) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a

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from New York from 1837 to 1841.

Biography

Born in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

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, Jackson attended the public schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He studied law. He was

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and practiced in Jerusalem, Hempstead, and Newtown, New York.

Family

Thomas married Marie Coles and had three known children: Samuel, Andrew and William. Thomas descends from the prominent Jackson family of Hempstead, New York.

Congress

Jackson was elected county judge in 1832. He served as member of the State assembly 1833–1835. He moved to Newtown,

, in 1835. He served as a

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. Jackson was elected as a

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to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1840.

Later career and death

He resumed agricultural pursuits. He died in Newtown (now Elmhurst Station), Flushing,

, April 23, 1881. He was interred in Flushing Cemetery.

Sources

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