- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- James Jackson
- Date of Original:
- 1757/1806
- Subject:
- Governors--Georgia
Lawyers--Georgia--Savannah
Legislators--United States
Statesmen--Georgia--Savannah
Politicians--Georgia--Savannah
Jackson, James, 1757-1806 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- drawings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The leading Jeffersonian Republican in post-Revolutionary Georgia, U.S. senator James Jackson resigned his seat and returned home to handle the Yazoo land fraud scandal in 1795. The following year he led a successful effort in the Georgia legislature to pass the Yazoo Rescinding Act, which nullified the corrupt land sales.
Illustration of James Jackson. He is depicted in profile. He wears a dress jacket and a white shirt with a ruffled front. The leading Jeffersonian Republican in post-Revolutionary Georgia, U.S. senator James Jackson resigned his seat and returned to his home state to handle the Yazoo land fraud scandal in 1795. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/james-jackson-1757-1806/m-1062/
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- Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries
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- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/james-jackson-1757-1806
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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