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John George Jackson

John George Jackson

Virginia Western District Court

Born 1777 in near Buckhannon, VA (now WV)

Died 1825 in Clarksburg, VA (now WV)

FJC ID: 1157

John George Jackson (September 22, 1777 – March 28, 1825) was a United States representative from Virginia and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia)
    1801–1803, 1817–1819
  2. U.S. representative from Virginia
    1813–1817
  3. Virginia
    State delegate · 1798–1801, 1811–1812
  4. Virginia militia brigadier general
    1811–1812
  5. U.S. representative from Virginia
    1803–1810
  6. Surveyor of public lands west of the Ohio River
    1796–1798

Appointments

  1. Virginia Western District Court
    1819–1825 · Appointed by James Monroe (Jeffersonian Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Read law
    1801