Fred S. Jackson

Fred Schuyler Jackson (April 19, 1868 – November 21, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Fred S. Jackson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1911  March 3, 1913
Preceded byJames Monroe Miller
Succeeded byDudley Doolittle
21st Attorney General of Kansas
In office
January 14, 1907  January 9, 1911
GovernorEdward W. Hoch
Walter R. Stubbs
Preceded byChiles Crittendon Coleman
Succeeded byJohn Shaw Dawson
Personal details
Born(1868-04-19)April 19, 1868
Stanton, Kansas
DiedNovember 21, 1931(1931-11-21) (aged 63)
Topeka, Kansas
Political partyRepublican

Born in Stanton, Kansas, Jackson moved to Greenwood County, Kansas, 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 University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1892. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Eureka, Kansas. 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 Republican 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 Topeka, Kansas, in 1915, having been appointed attorney for the Public Utilities Commission of Kansas and served until 1924. He resumed the practice of law in Topeka, Kansas. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising in Greenwood, Wabaunsee, and Jefferson Counties. He died in Topeka, Kansas on November 21, 1931. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Eureka, Kansas.

References

  • United States Congress. "Fred S. Jackson (id: J000011)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Chiles Crittendon Coleman
Attorney General of Kansas
1907–1911
Succeeded by
John Shaw Dawson
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
James M. Miller
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 3rd congressional district

March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913
Succeeded by
Dudley Doolittle
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