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 Kansas Attorney General
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
Fred Schuyler Jackson

(1868-04-19)April 19, 1868
Stanton, Kansas
DiedNovember 21, 1931(1931-11-21) (aged 63)
Topeka, Kansas
Resting placeGreenwood Cemetery, Eureka, Kansas
Political partyRepublican

Fred Schuyler Jackson (April 19, 1868 – November 21, 1931) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Kansas from 1911 to 1913.

Biography

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.

Early career

He served as prosecuting attorney of Greenwood County from 1893 to 1897. He served as assistant State attorney general in 1906 and 1907. He was state Attorney General from 1907 to 1911.

Congress

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.

Later career

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.

Death and burial

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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