George H. Jackson (politician)

George Henry Jackson (1847–1925)[1] was a Canadian-born American politician, lawyer, educator, and businessman. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives for Hamilton County, from 1892 to 1893.[2][3] He was a Republican.[3]

This article is about the Ohio politician. For the diplomat, see George H. Jackson (diplomat).
George Henry Jackson
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
In office
1892–1893
Personal details
BornOctober 4, 1847
Ontario, Canada
DiedMarch 1925
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Virginia Gordon
Children2
Alma materShaw University,
Yale University
OccupationPolitician, lawyer, educator, real estate business, coal business

Biography

Jackson was born October 4, 1847, in Ontario, Canada, to parents Julia (née Burke) and George.[4][5] His grandparents were Black and had been enslaved by the Custis family in Arlington, Virginia.[3] Jackson was raised in Lafayette, Indiana, and in Cincinnati, Ohio.[3] He studied teaching under Peter Clark.[6]

In his early career he taught at schools in the Ohio Valley.[6] He married Virginia Gordon in 1879,[5] and his father in-law was Robert Gordon a wealthy Cincinnati coal dealer.[3] He attended Shaw University, and Yale University.[4] Jackson started practicing law in 1884.[3] He served in the Ohio House of Representatives for Hamilton County, from 1892 to 1893.[3]

Jackson was a trustee for the New Orphan Asylum for Colored Children, the Crawford Old Men's Home, and the Sallie McCall Industrial School of Cincinnati (also known as the Colored Industrial School of Cincinnati).[5] He also worked in the real estate and coal business in Chicago.[1][5]

His son, Dr. Gordon Henry Jackson (1885-1945) married Mae Walker (nee Fairy Mae Bryant), the adopted daughter of A'Lelia Walker, whose mother was the millionaire hair care entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker, in New York on November 24, 1923.[7] [1]

See also

References
  1. "Rites Set For Tomorrow". The Cincinnati Enquirer. March 10, 1925. p. 9.
  2. Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, 1892-93. Norwalk: The Laning Printing Company (1893) pages 68, 74, and 127
  3. "George Henry Jackson". Ohio Statehouse. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  4. Jones, Angela (2011-08-15). African American Civil Rights: Early Activism and the Niagara Movement: Early Activism and the Niagara Movement. ABC-CLIO. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-313-39361-7.
  5. Who's Who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent. 1915. pp. xxvii.
  6. Gerber, David A. (1976). Black Ohio and the Color Line, 1860-1915. University of Illinois Press. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-252-00534-3.
  7. "My Grandmother's Harlem Renaissance Wedding « A'Lelia Bundles". Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
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