# Ebenezer Jackson Jr.

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{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name        = Ebenezer Jackson Jr.
|image       = 
|state       = [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut)
|district    =  [at-large](/source/Connecticut's_At-large_congressional_district) 
|term_start  =1834
|term_end    = 1835
|predecessor = [Samuel A. Foot](/source/Samuel_A._Foot)
|successor  = [Andrew T. Judson](/source/Andrew_T._Judson)
| office1 =Member of the<br />[Connecticut House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives)
|term_start1  = 1829
|term_end1    = 1832
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1796|01|31}}
|birth_place = [Savannah, Georgia](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia), U.S.
|death_date  = {{death date and age|1874|08|17|1796|01|31}}
|death_place = [Middletown, Connecticut](/source/Middletown%2C_Connecticut), U.S.
|resting_place =  [Indian Hill Cemetery](/source/Indian_Hill_Cemetery)
|party       = [Anti-Jacksonian](/source/Anti-Jacksonian)
|alma_mater = [Litchfield Law School](/source/Litchfield_Law_School)
}}
'''Ebenezer Jackson Jr.''' (January 31, 1796 – August 17, 1874) was a [U.S. Representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut).

Born in [Savannah, Georgia](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia), Jackson pursued academic studies.
He was graduated from St. Mary's College (now known as Mount St. Mary's), near [Baltimore, Maryland](/source/Baltimore%2C_Maryland), in 1814.
He studied law at the Litchfield Law School, Connecticut.
He was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) and commenced practice in [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania](/source/Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania), in 1821.
He moved to [Middletown, Connecticut](/source/Middletown%2C_Connecticut), in 1826.
He served as a member of the State house of representatives 1829–1832.

thumb|Ebenezer Jackson Jr. Gravestone
Jackson was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate to the [Twenty-third](/source/23rd_United_States_Congress) 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](/source/24th_United_States_Congress) Congress.
He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1849.
He died in [Middletown, Connecticut](/source/Middletown%2C_Connecticut), August 17, 1874 and is interred in [Indian Hill Cemetery](/source/Indian_Hill_Cemetery).<ref>{{cite web |title=Jackson, Ebenezer, Jr. |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/J000009 |website=www.bioguide.congress.gov |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>

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| state=Connecticut
| district=AL
| before=[Samuel A. Foot](/source/Samuel_A._Foot)
| after=[Andrew T. Judson](/source/Andrew_T._Judson)
| years=1834&ndash;1835
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Category:National Republican Party United States representatives from Connecticut
Category:Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Category:19th-century United States representatives
Category:19th-century members of the Connecticut General Assembly

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