About William S. Jackson
Lived 1869 – 1932 (aged 62–63). William S. Jackson was an American lawyer and politician.
William Schuyler Jackson (died November 23, 1932, in Jamaica, Queens, New York City) was an American lawyer and politician.
Biography Jackson was the son of D. G. Jackson, a lawyer from Tonawanda, New York. In 1892, he married a daughter of Buffalo shoe dealer T. B. Staley. They had two children.
He was First Assistant District Attorney of Erie County when he was elected New York State Attorney General on the Democratic and the Independence League tickets in November 1906. In February 1907, when he was just a month in office, his wife retained Edward E. Coatsworth (the former law partner of William F. Sheehan, Charles F. Tabor and John Cunneen) and announced she would sue for divorce. Two days later, they reconciled.
In 1920, he sent a letter to Governor Al Smith, protesting against the expulsion of five Socialist members (among them Louis Waldman and Sam Dewitt) from the New York State Assembly.
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Who was William S. Jackson?
American politician from New York
When was William S. Jackson born?
William S. Jackson was born in 1869.
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William S. Jackson died on 23 November 1932.
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William S. Jackson was a lawyer and politician.
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William S. Jackson was American.
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