| Birth: | Feb. 13, 1892 | | Death: | Oct. 9, 1954 | 
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Jackson took a leave of absence from the Supreme Court to serve as the Chief Counsel for the allied powers prosecution team at the Nuremberg war-crimes trials. He also served as both Attorney and Solicitor General of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration. He was the last serving Supreme Court Justice who did not have a law degree. Chief Justice William Rehnquist served as Jackson's law clerk in the early 1950's. He was also a relative of Tommy Leach, the famed outfielder for the Pittsburg Pirates.
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Spouse:
Irene Gerhardt Jackson (1890 - 1986)*
Children:
Mary Loftus Jackson Craighill (1921 - 1999)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Robert Houghwout Jackson | | | Burial:
Maple Grove Cemetery
Frewsburg
Chautauqua County
New York, USA
Plot: Section 3 Go in main entrance, make first left. Road bears right,, 1/2 way down is pair of bushes
GPS (lat/lon): 42.0511, -79.14753 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jun 11, 1999
Find A Grave Memorial# 5699 |
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You once owned Hickory Hill estate in McLean, Virginia, which was later the home of another Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy.
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Greg
Added: Feb. 15, 2013 |
Son of Angelina Houghwout Jackson #100267587 and William Eldred Jackson #100267299.
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CABrown
Added: Nov. 8, 2012 |
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Alan Brownsten
Added: Oct. 9, 2012 |
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