Background
Jackson, Ebenezer was born on January 31, 1796 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of Ebenezer Jackson.
Jackson, Ebenezer was born on January 31, 1796 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of Ebenezer Jackson.
He was graduated from Saint Mary"s College (now known as Mount Street Mary"s), near Baltimore, Maryland, in 1814. He studied law at the Litchfield Law School, Connecticut.
Born in Savannah, Georgia, Jackson pursued academic studies. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1821. He moved to Middletown, Connecticut, in 1826.
Jackson was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel A. Foote and served from December 1, 1834, to March 3, 1835.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress. He died in Middletown, Connecticut, August 17, 1874.
He was interred in Indian Hill Cemetery.
Member Connecticut House of Representatives, 1829-1832, 49. Member United States House of Representatives (Whig) from Pennsylvania, 23d Congress, December, 1834-1835.