Biography

04/16/1827 - 11/23/1879

George Duggan Jackson (D15) Columbia, Montour, Northumberland and Sullivan Counties, 1867-1869 (D24) Columbia, Lycoming, Montour and Sullivan Counties 1879

Early Life:

George Duggan Jackson, born, April 16, 1827, Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania; son of Doctor Josiah and Mary Abbot Jackson; Wyoming Seminary; mercantile, father's firm, J. Jackson and Son, then, Jackson Brothers, Dushore, Sullivan County; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1859-1860; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1863-1864; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1867-1869; director, Sullivan and Erie Railroad; director, State Line and Sullivan Railroad; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1879; died, November 23, 1879, (age 54), while in office of the Senate, Dushore, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania; interment, Fairview Cemetery, Dushore, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1859-1860; not a candidate for reelection, 1861. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1863-1864; not a candidate for reelection, 1865.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 15th district, Columbia, Montour, Northumberland and Sullivan Counties, 1867-1869; committee assignments, Compare Bills, Election Districts. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 24th district, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour and Sullivan Counties, 1879; committee assignments, Banks, Constitutional Reform, Corporations; died while in office of the Senate, November 23, 1879.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited:

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

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1868). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 276, 280-282.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1879) Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 704, 710-712, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 664.

History Of Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, Compendium of Biography, by Thomas J. Ingham, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1899, pages. 69-70.

George Duggan Jackson (1827-1879) - Find a Grave Memorial