William Jackson (Massachusetts)

William Jackson ( born September 2, 1783 in Newton, Massachusetts, † February 27, 1855 ) was an American politician. Between 1833 and 1837 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Jackson attended the public schools of his home. Later he became a member of the council and the school committee of Newton. He was also instrumental in the founding of the Newton Temperance Society. Professionally, he began by her soap and candles. Between 1826 and 1836 he also worked in the railroad industry. He also went into the banking industry and was 1831-1835 President of the Newton Savings Bank. Politically, he was a member of the short-lived Anti- Masonic Party. From 1829 to 1832 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

In the congressional elections of 1832, Jackson was in the ninth election district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of George N. Briggs on March 4, 1833. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1837 two legislative sessions. Since the inauguration of President Andrew Jackson in 1829, was discussed inside and outside of Congress vehemently about its policy. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President.

In 1836, Jackson gave up a new Congress candidacy. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he took his previous activities on again. In 1846 he was a founder of the Liberty Party. From 1846 to 1854 he served as president of the American Missionary Society; 1848-1858 he was once president of the Newton Savings Bank. In addition, he gave in Newton published a newspaper. William Jackson died on 27 February 1855 in Newton.