Oscar Lawrence Jackson

Oscar Lawrence Jackson ( born September 2, 1840 in Shenango, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, † February 16, 1920 in New Castle, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1885 and 1889 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Oscar Jackson attended the public schools of his home, the Tansy Hill Select School and the Darlington Academy. After that, he taught in Hocking County in Ohio as a teacher. Between 1861 and 1865 he served during the Civil War as an officer in the army of the Union. He rose to become Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel. After a subsequent law degree in 1867 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began in New Castle to work in this profession. From 1868 to 1871 he worked there as a district attorney. In the years 1877 and 1878 he was part of a commission for the revision of local laws and urban government structures.

Politically, Jackson joined the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1884 he was in the 24th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of George Van Eman Lawrence on March 4, 1885. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1889 two legislative sessions. In 1888, he was not nominated by his party for re-election.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Oscar Jackson practiced again as a lawyer in New Castle. In June 1896 he was a delegate attended the Republican National Convention in St. Louis, was nominated on the William McKinley as a presidential candidate. He died on 16 February 1920 in New Castle, where he was also buried.