Harry C. Jackson

{{Short description|American politician (1915–2000)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{infobox officeholder |name=Harry C. Jackson |office=Mayor of Columbus, Georgia |term_start=1979 |term_end=1983 |predecessor=Jack P. Mickle |successor=J. W. Feighner |office2=Member of the Georgia State Senate |term_start2=January 9, 1961 |term_end2=January 13, 1975 |predecessor2=Eldridge W. Perry |successor2=H. Norwood Pearce |constituency2={{ubl|24th district (1961–1963)|16th district (1963–1973)}} |office3=President pro tempore of the <br>Georgia State Senate |term_start3=January 14, 1963 |term_end3=January 9, 1967 |predecessor3=Carl Sanders |successor3=Julian Webb |birth_name=Harry Cook Jackson |birth_date={{birth date|1915|7|23}} |birth_place=Columbus, Georgia, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|2000|2|12|1915|7|23}} |party=Democratic |education=Auburn University (BS) |occupation={{hlist|Politician|lawyer}} }} '''Harry Cook Jackson''' (July 23, 1915 – February 12, 2000)<ref name="rudin">Ken Rudin: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/junkie/archive/junkie122900.htm In Memoriam], 31. December 2000, ''www.washingtonpost.com''</ref> was an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party.<ref name="legis">[http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/Archives/19992000/leg/fulltext/sr600.htm SR 600 - Hon. Harry Cook Jackson - regrets at passing], 23. February 2000, Internetseite der ''Georgia General Assembly''</ref>

==Life and career== Jackson was born on July 23, 1915, in Columbus, Georgia.<ref name="DoAaH">''Georgia's Official and Statistical Register'' (Department of Archives and History, 1965)</ref> He graduated from Auburn University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation he began working as an engineer. In 1952, he became a lawyer.<ref name="DoAaH" />

From 1961 to 1975, he was a member of the Senate of Georgia.<ref name="legis" /> During this time, he held the post of president pro tempore for two terms.<ref name="legis" />

In 1974, he ran unsuccessfully for a nomination for the Democratic candidate in the Georgia gubernatorial election.<ref name="rudin" /> In August 1978, he won the Democratic primary for the Columbus, Georgia mayoral election over incumbent Jack P. Mickle, who had sought the nomination for a second four-year term.<ref>''Rome News-Tribune'', 28. August 1978</ref> Jackson won the next mayoral election and held the office from 1979 to 1982.<ref>[http://www.columbusga.org/mayor/mayors.pdf List of mayors of Columbus, Georgia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829133653/http://www.columbusga.org/mayor/mayors.pdf |date=2012-08-29 }}, website of the city of Columbus</ref> He was from 1985 a member of the board of directors of the Georgia Ports Authority, and was elected in September 1994 as its chairman.<ref>[http://archives.savannahnow.com/sav_pdf_archive/text/fr357/E_2365664.pdf Ports Authority Chairman elected] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222042622/http://archives.savannahnow.com/sav_pdf_archive/text/fr357/E_2365664.pdf |date=2015-12-22 }}, 11. September 1994, ''Savannah News-Press''</ref>

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