{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use American English|date=December 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jack Jackson Sr. | honorific_suffix = | image = | office = Member of the Arizona Senate | term_start = 1998 | term_end = 2004 | preceded = | succeeded = | office2 = Member of the Arizona House of Representatives | term_start2 = 1985 | term_end2 = 1998 | preceded2 = | succeeded2 = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|9|14}} | birth_place = Leupp, Arizona, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|03|05|1933|09|14}} | party = Democrat | spouse = Eloise | occupation = Educator, rancher }} '''Jack C. Jackson Sr.''' (September 14, 1933 – March 5, 2023) was an American politician who served in the Arizona Senate and Arizona House of Representatives. He was a Navajo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/3066/jack-jackson-sr#.V-N3RZMrL_Q|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|publisher=|accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://navajopeople.org/blog/jack-jackson-navajo-oral-history/|title=Jack Jackson – Navajo Oral History|publisher=|accessdate=January 28, 2017}}</ref> He was the father of Jack Jackson Jr., also a state politician in Arizona.
Jackson died on March 5, 2023,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1R/bills/HCR2045P.htm|title=A Concurrent Resolution: On The Death Of The Honorable Jack Jackson, Sr. (Text Of Bill Begins On Next Page)|work=Arizona Legislature|access-date=April 7, 2024}}</ref> at the age of 89.
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