JACKSON, James (1757-1806)
Senate Years of Service: 1793-1795; 1801-1806
JACKSON, JAMES, (father of Jabez Y. Jackson and grandfather of James Jackson [1819-1887]), a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Moreton-Hampstead, Devonshire, England, September 21, 1757; emigrated to Georgia in 1772 and located in Savannah; served in the Revolution with the Georgia State forces; studied law and built a lucrative practice in Savannah; several times elected to the state legislature; elected governor of Georgia in 1788 but declined; planter; elected to the First Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791); contested the election of Anthony Wayne in the Second Congress and the seat was declared vacant by the House of Representatives March 21, 1792; elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1793, until October 31, 1795, when he resigned; again a member of the State legislature; Governor of Georgia 1798-1801; was again elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1801, until his death in Washington, D.C., March 19, 1806; interment in the Congressional Cemetery.
Boston Public Library
Boston, MA
Papers: 1 letter.
Cornell University
Rare Books and Manuscript Collections
Ithaca, NY
Papers: 1 letter (no date) to General Mitchell in Washington Irving's Life of George Washington, Volume 13, Miscellany, 1771-1832.
Georgia Department of Archives and History
Atlanta, GA
Papers: In File II Names/Pre-1800 and File II names, primarily incoming correspondence to the governor of Georgia; and correspondence with Captain William Ross in Georgia Military Affairs, 1783-1842, 9 typescript volumes. Finding aid.
Georgia Historical Society
Savannah, GA
Papers: 1781-1796. 24 items. Personal and business papers. Finding aid.
Maine Historical Society
Portland, ME
Papers: 1 item (1789) in the Fogg autograph collection.
New-York Historical Society
New York, NY
Papers: 1796-1805. 22 items.
Rosenbach Museum and Library
Philadelphia, PA
Papers: April 16, 1790. 1 letter. To Anthony Wayne, concerning matters being debated in Congress.
University of Georgia
Hargrett Library for Rare Books and Manuscripts
Athens, GA
Papers: February 19 and 20, 1782. 2 letters. Concern military affairs. Also correspondence in Prince family papers, 1785-1900.
University of Michigan
William L. Clements Library
Ann Arbor, MI
Papers: 1 item (1789) in the Anthony Wayne papers.
University of South Carolina
South Caroliniana Library
Columbia, SC
Papers: Correspondence in Pierce Butler letterbook, 1790-1794. Finding aid.
Virginia State Library and Archives
Richmond, VA
Papers: In Tucker-Ewell papers, 1770-1893 (bulk 1770-1818).
- Charlton, Thomas Usher Pulaski. The Life of Major General James Jackson. Augusta, GA: Geo. F. Randolph & Co., 1809.
- Foster, William Omer. "James Jackson in the American Revolution.'' Georgia Historical Quarterly 31 (December 1947): 249-81.
- ___. James Jackson: Duelist and Militant Statesman, 1757-1806. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1960.
- Hawes, Lilla M., ed. "Papers of James Jackson, 1781-1798.'' Collections of the Georgia Historical Society 11 (1955): 1-110. Reprinted from Georgia Historical Quarterly (March, June, September and December 1953).
- Holbrook, Alfred H. "James Jackson and Thomas Gibbons--Two Lawyer Statesmen of Georgia.'' Georgia Bar Journal 15 (February 1953): 309-19.
- Lamplugh, George R. " `Oh The Colossus! The Colossus!': James Jackson and the Jeffersonian Republican Party in Georgia, 1796-1806.'' Journal of the Early Republic 9 (Fall 1989): 315-34.
- Lawrence, Alexander A. "James Jackson: Passionate Patriot.'' Georgia Historical Quarterly 34 (June 1950): 75-86.
- Mahon, John K., ed. "Correspondence between General James Jackson and Captain William Ross.'' Georgia Historical Quarterly 35 (March 1951): 82-89.
- Mellichamp, Josephine. "James Jackson.'' In Senators from Georgia, pp. 27-35. Huntsville, AL: Strode Publishers, 1976.
