That the people of Tama county were pleased with the work of the Hon. A. E. Jackson in the house during the Twenty-sixth General Assembly as evidenced by his return this year, and by an increased majority of over 600 votes over the democratic ticket of 1896. Mr. Jackson is a democrat, and a worker for his party interests in his county, as well as in state politics. He was born in Wabash, Ind., September 23, 1860, and has been a resident of Iowa thirty-five years. He was married to Miss Mabel Bowen of Marshalltown, December 21, 1886. To them have been born four children, Helen Hunt, Marjorie, Eloise and Paul Webster Jackson. Mr. Jackson is identified with the Knights of Pythias, Damascus lodge No. 237, and grand lodge of Iowa, and the Masonic Hiram of Tyre No. 203. For so a young man, his political career is an enviable one. Mr. Jackson received his education in the Tama public schools, with a finishing course in the State university. He has filled the offices of township clerk, and in 1882 was deputy recorder of Tama county, city clerk and representative from the Fiftieth district in the Twenty-sixth General Assembly. During Cleveland's first term he was a railway postal clerk. Since 1889, Mr. Jackson has occupied the responsible position of cashier of the Farmers and Merchants bank of Tama. When Tama county had a republican majority of 600, he made the run for superintendent of schools, and was defeated by only nine votes. In the two sessions of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly he served on the committees on school and textbooks, banks and banking, building and loan, private corporations, public health, industrial schools, and College for the Blind. In all legislative matters he stood firmly with his fellow democrats, and loyally to his constituents.

Tama county this winter has a Democrat in the House, the Hon. Albert E. Jackson, of Tama. He was born in Wabash, Indiana, September 23, 1860. Two years later the family moved to Tama, Iowa, which has been his home ever since, with the exception of one year spent in Colorado. He was educated in the Tama schools and the Iowa State University. During 1882 he was deputy county recorder, the next two years were spent in school teaching, and afterward he was dealing in livestock for a couple of years. During Cleveland's first administration he was a railway postal clerk. Since 1889 he has been in the banking business as cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Tama. December 21, 1886, he was married to Miss Mabel Bowen, of Marshalltown. They have three children: Helen Hunt Jackson, aged 6; Marjorie, aged 3: Eloise, aged 15 months. Mr. Jackson belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Masons. He attends the Baptist church. In politics he has always been an active Democrat, and he stood well with his party. He made the race for county superintendent of schools at a time when the county was 600 Republican and was defeated by only nine votes. He has served as deputy county recorder, township clerk, city treasurer and school treasurer. This winter he will stand with his fellow Democrats on the liquor question, trying to get a license law enacted and permission gained to manufacture liquors in the state.