John Jay Jackson Jr. (August 4, 1824 – September 2, 1907) was an American lawyer, Whig politician, United States District Judge (initially of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia) and, later, the first judge of the United States District Court for the District of West Virginia. He ended his career as the first judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
John Jay Jackson Jr.
West Virginia Northern District Court
Born 1824 in Parkersburg, VA (now WV)
Died 1907 in Atlantic City, NJ
FJC ID: 1158
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Parkersburg, Virginia (now West Virginia)1855–1861
- VirginiaState delegate · 1851–1855
- Private practice, Wood County, Virginia (now West Virginia)1850–1851
- Ritchie County, Virginia (now West Virginia)Commonwealth attorney · 1849–1850
- Private practice, Wirt County, Virginia (now West Virginia)1847–1848
- Wirt County, Virginia (now West Virginia)Prosecutor · 1848
Appointments
1901–1905 (None (reassignment))Term ended: Retirement
- U.S. District Court for the District of West Virginia1864–1901 (None (reassignment))Term ended: Reassignment
1861–1864 · Appointed by Abraham Lincoln (Republican)Term ended: Reassignment
Education
- Read law1847
- College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)1845