Ebenezer Jackson, Jr.

Ebenezer Jackson Jr. ( born January 31, 1796 in Savannah, Georgia; † August 17, 1874 in Middletown, Connecticut ) was an American politician. Between 1834 and 1835 he represented the state of Connecticut in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Ebenezer Jackson attended until 1814, the St. Mary 's College, near Baltimore (Maryland). After a subsequent study of law at the Litchfield Law School, and his admission as an attorney, he began to practice in his new career in 1821 in Philadelphia. In 1826 he moved to Middletown, Connecticut. There he began a political career. He joined the movement to President John Quincy Adams and was a member of the National Republican Party, which stood in opposition to Andrew Jackson and his Democratic party was established in 1828. Between 1829 and 1832 Jackson was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Connecticut.

Following the resignation of Congressman Samuel Foot in 1834, Jackson was at the by-election as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he finished between 1 December 1834, 3 March 1835, the Unopened legislature. In the regular congressional elections of 1834 he was defeated by Democrats Lancelot Phelps.

In 1849, Jackson was again elected to the House of Representatives from Connecticut. Otherwise, it is no longer politically have appeared. He died on August 17, 1874 in Middletown.