Moses Jackson

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Portrait of Moses Jackson from the 1878 legislature Moses Jackson.png
Portrait of Moses Jackson from the 1878 legislature

Moses Jackson (January 14, 1822 - November 28, 1895) was a Confederate Army officer during the Civil War and a state legislator in Mississippi. He was accused of being a ringleader of violent Democratic Party election activities [1] He served in the state legislature immediately prior to the Civil War, after it, and again after Reconstruction ended. He served in the state house and as a state senator for Wilkinson County, Mississippi.

Moses Jackson was born January 14, 1822 [2] in Amite County, Mississippi. [3] He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1861 and 1863. [3] He fought in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and was eventually promoted to lieutenant colonel of the 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment. [3] He returned to the state legislature and served in the Mississippi Senate from 1865 to 1867 after the war and again as a state senator in 1877 after Reconstruction for two more terms. [4] [5] Jackson died at his home on November 28, 1895. [6]

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  1. ↑ "REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO REQUIRE INTO THE MISSISSIPPI ELECTION OF 1875, WITH THE TESTIMONY AND DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE". April 6, 1876 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Bates, Ethel Faust (1962). Mississippi Pioneers: A History of the Bates Family, 1803-1962. p. 151.
  3. 1 2 3 Cathcart, William (1883). The Baptist Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of the Doctrines, Ordinances ... of the General History of the Baptist Denomination in All Lands, with Numerous Biographical Sketches...& a Supplement. L. H. Everts. p. 590.
  4. ↑ Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Embracing an Authentic and Comprehensive Account of the Chief Events in the History of the State and a Record of the Lives of Many of the Most Worthy and Illustrious Families and Individuals. Goodspeed. 1891.
  5. ↑ Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (April 6, 1891). A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis. AMS Press. ISBN   9780404046101 – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  6. ↑ "Moses Jackson Obituary". The Southern Herald. December 13, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved December 30, 2022.


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