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Stewart, Potter

(Encyclopedia) Stewart, Potter, 1915–85, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1958–81), b. Jackson, Mich. After receiving (1941) his law degree from Yale, he was admitted to the Ohio bar. He…

Jackson, Jesse Louis

(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Jesse Louis, 1941–, African-American political leader, clergyman, and civil-rights activist, b. Greenville, S.C. Raised in poverty, he attended the Chicago Theological…

Kelley, Hall Jackson

(Encyclopedia) Kelley, Hall Jackson, 1790–1874, American propagandist for the settlement of Oregon, b. Northwood, N.H. A schoolmaster in Boston (1818–23) and later a railroad surveyor in Maine, he…

Davis, Alexander Jackson

(Encyclopedia) Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, American architect, b. New York City. He was the partner of Ithiel Town of New Haven, with whom he designed many important buildings in both the…

Davis, Andrew Jackson

(Encyclopedia) Davis, Andrew Jackson, 1826–1910, American spiritualist, b. Blooming Grove, N.Y. He became a professional clairvoyant, known as the “Poughkeepsie Seer,” after being mesmerized in 1843…

Downing, Andrew Jackson

(Encyclopedia) Downing, Andrew Jackson, 1815–52, American horticulturist, rural architect, and landscape gardener, b. Newburgh, N.Y. With his brother Charles Downing, 1802–85, he took over the…

Hamilton, Andrew Jackson

(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, 1815–75, American politician, b. Huntsville, Ala. Moving to Texas in 1846, he served (1849) as attorney general, was a member of the legislature (1851–53),…

Randall, Samuel Jackson

(Encyclopedia) Randall, Samuel Jackson, 1828–90, American politician, b. Philadelphia. A Democrat, he was a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1863 until his death. As speaker (1876–81), he…

Maynard Jackson 2003 Deaths

Maynard Jackson Age: 65   Influential former mayor of Atlanta, Ga., who transformed the city into a power base for the Black middle class by advocating for the city's Black majority and…

George Jackson 2000 Deaths

George JacksonAge: 42 media executive who began his career in film, moved to the music industry, and finally onto the Internet, where he created the Urban Box Office Network, a group of sites…