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John H. Jackson

Woodbury County

JOHN H. JACKSON

MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare suitable resolutions commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable John H. Jackson of Sioux City, Iowa, begs leave to submit the following:

John H. Jackson was born in the village of Albany, Green county, Wisconsin, June 30, 1863. He was of English descent, his parents emigrating from Yorkshire, England, to Wisconsin at an early date. He attended Ripon College at Ripon, Wisconsin, and moved to Jefferson, Iowa, in 1894, where he studied law and was deputy clerk of the courts of Greene county, Iowa. In 1888 he graduated from the law department of the State University of Iowa. He began the practice of law in Sioux City in 1890, where he continued in practice during the remainder of his life. He was active in Republican organizations and was chairman of both city and county central committees for several terms. He was elected Senator in 1903 and servide in the Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-second General Assemblies.

Senator Jackson married Miss Mary Isabelle Mangold of Sioux City in 1906. He was a member of the Sioux City Commercial Club, the Knights Templar and the Shrine, as well as of the Elks Lodge.

Senator Jackson was active in many worth-while civic and community projects during his long and useful life. He was kindly, considerate and helpful to all those with whom he came in contact.

Therefore Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Fifty-first General Assembly of Iowa, That in the passing of Senator Jackson the state mourns the loss of a valuable and honored citizen; a man who devoted many years of his life to public service, and the Senate of Iowa by this resolution extends to the family its deepest sympathy.

Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this memorial resolution be printed in the Journal of the Senate and that the Secretary be directed to send enrolled copies to the members of the family of the deceased.

A. D. CLEM,

J. T. DYKHOUSE,

FRED J. RITCHIE,

ROBT. W. HARVEY,

ROBERT KEIR,

Committee.

The resolution was unanimously adopted.

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