Biography

04/12/1782 - 01/02/1855

Thomas Jackson (D17) Huntingdon and Mifflin Counties, 1828-1829 (D17) Cambria, Huntingdon and Mifflin Counties, 1829-1832

Early Life:

Thomas Jackson, born April 12, 1782; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1828-1832; district attorney of Blair County; Gaysport (now Hollidaysburg) Town Council, 1841; Burgess of Blair Township, 1843-1844; married, Anna McMurtrie Jackson; died, January 2, 1855 (age 72), interment, Jackson Burial Ground, Gaysport, Blair County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 17th district, Huntingdon and Mifflin Counties, 1828-1829.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 17th district, Cambria, Huntingdon and Mifflin Counties, 1829-1832; Chairman, Canal and Inland Navigation Committee. 

District attorney of Blair County; Gaysport (now Hollidaysburg) Town Council, 1841; Burgess of Blair Township, 1843-1844. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "J"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

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