For other persons of a similar name see Fred Jackson

Fred Jackson

Frederick "Fred" George Jackson is an American football running back for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He attended Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas...

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Fred Schuyler Jackson (April 19, 1868 - November 21, 1931) was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

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Born in Stanton, Kansas, Jackson moved to Greenwood County, Kansas

Greenwood County, Kansas

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, with his parents in 1881.
He attended the public schools of Miami and Greenwood Counties.
He taught school in Kansas 1885-1890.
He was graduated in law from the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1892.
He was admitted to the bar

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 and commenced practice in Eureka, Kansas

Eureka, Kansas

Eureka is a city in and the county seat of Greenwood County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,633.-History:...

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He served as prosecuting attorney of Greenwood County 1893-1897.
He served as assistant State attorney general in 1906 and 1907.
Attorney general 1907-1911.

Jackson was elected as a Republican

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 to the Sixty-second

62nd United States Congress

- House of Representatives :* Democratic : 230 * Republican : 162* Socialist : 1* Independent : 1TOTAL members: 394-Senate:* President: James S...

 Congress (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1913).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third

63rd United States Congress

- House of Representatives:*Democratic : 291 *Republican : 134*Progressive : 9*Independent : 1TOTAL members: 435-Senate:*President of the Senate: Thomas R. Marshall*President pro tempore: James P. Clarke-Senate:...

 Congress.
He resumed the practice of law in Eureka and Topeka, Kansas.
He moved to Topeka, Kansas

Topeka, Kansas

Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...

, in 1915, having been appointed attorney for the Public Utilities Commission of Kansas and served until 1924.
He resumed the practice of law in Topeka, Kansas

Topeka, Kansas

Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...

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He also engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising in Greenwood, Wabaunsee, and Jefferson Counties.
He died in Topeka, Kansas

Topeka, Kansas

Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...

, November 21, 1931.
He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Eureka, Kansas

Eureka, Kansas

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