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John Jay Jackson Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia · 1861–1901
John Jay Jackson Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
Education
- College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)1845
- Read law1847
Career
Private practice, Wirt County, Virginia (now West Virginia), 1847-1848; Prosecutor, Wirt County, Virginia (now West Virginia), 1848; Commonwealth attorney, Ritchie County, Virginia (now West Virginia), 1849-1850; Private practice, Wood County, Virginia (now West Virginia), 1850-1851; State delegate, Virginia, 1851-1855; Private practice, Parkersburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), 1855-1861
Biography
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.
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