Amos Henry Jackson (May 10, 1846 – August 30, 1924) was a

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from

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for one term from 1903 to 1905.

Biography

Born near Franklin, New York, Jackson moved with his parents to Gibson, New York, in 1854 and to a farm near

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, in 1862, where he attended the common schools. He moved to Ohio in 1866. He was employed as a carpenter for several years and then engaged in selling notions from a wagon. He settled in

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, in 1882 and engaged in the retail dry goods and shoe business and later engaged in manufactures. He served as

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of Fremont 1897–1901. Jackson was elected as a

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to the Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1904. He resumed manufacturing interests in

, until 1922 when he retired. He died in

, on August 30, 1924. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Amos Henry 1846 births 1924 deaths Mayors of places in Ohio People from Delaware County, New York People from Fremont, Ohio Politicians from Corning, New York Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio