Alfred Metcalf Jackson

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Alfred Metcalf Jackson (July 14, 1860 – June 11, 1924) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Kansas from 1901 to 1903.

Biography

Born in South Carrollton, Kentucky, Jackson attended the common schools and West Kentucky College, and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced.

He moved to Howard, Kansas, in 1881 and engaged in the practice of law. He served as prosecuting attorney of Elk County in 1890. He served as judge of the thirteenth judicial district of Kansas in 1892. He moved to Winfield, Kansas, in 1898.

Tenure in Congress

Jackson was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903).

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He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902.

Later career and death

In 1904 Jackson was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention that nominated Alton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis.^[1] He resumed the practice of law in Winfield, Kansas, and died there on June 11, 1924.

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Alfred Metcalf Jackson

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Biography

Tenure in Congress

Later career and death

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